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Cambridge University Press
In:
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7, no. Publ. No. 12, pp. 127, (ISBN:
0521839270, 520 p.)
Publication Date:
2005
Description:
Fundamentals of Structural Geology provides a new framework for the
investigation of geological structures by integrating field mapping and mechanical
analysis. Assuming a basic knowledge of physical geology, introductory calculus and
physics, it emphasizes the observational data, modern mapping technology, principles of
continuum mechanics, and the mathematical and computational skills, necessary to
quantitatively map, describe, model, and explain deformation in Earth's lithosphere. By
starting from the fundamental conservation laws of mass and momentum, the constitutive
laws of material behavior, and the kinematic relationships for strain and rate of
deformation, the authors demonstrate the relevance of solid and fluid mechanics to
structural geology. This book offers a modern quantitative approach to structural
geology for advanced students and researchers in structural geology and tectonics. It is
supported by a website hosting images from the book, additional colour images, student
exercises and MATLAB scripts. Solutions to the exercises are available to instructors
Keywords:
Structural geology
;
Textbook of geology
;
MATLAB
;
scripts
;
Tectonics
;
Lithosphere
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