Structural geology / Haakon Fossen, University of Bergen, Norway.
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TextEdition: Second editionDescription: xv, 510 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cmISBN: 9781107057647 (hardback)Subject(s): Geology, StructuralDDC classification: 551.8 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books Science Library
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Science Library, Sikkim University Science Library General Section | 551.8 FOS/S (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Books For SU Science Library | 46499 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-500) and index.
Machine generated contents note: Preface; List of symbols; 1. Structural geology and structural analysis; 2. Deformation; 3. Strain in rocks; 4. Stress; 5. Stress in the lithosphere; 6. Rheology; 7. Fracture and brittle deformation; 8. Joints and veins; 9. Faults; 10. Kinematics and paleostress in the brittle regime; 11. Deformation at the microscale; 12. Folds and folding; 13. Foliation and cleavage; 14. Lineations; 15. Boudinage; 16. Shear zones and mylonites; 17. Contractional regimes; 18. Extensional regimes; 19. Strike-slip, transpression and transtension; 20. Salt tectonics; 21. Balancing and restoration; 22. A glimpse of a larger picture; Appendix A. More about the deformation matrix; Appendix B. Spherical projections; Glossary; References; Cover and chapter image captions; Index.
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