Structural geology - Fossen, Haakon, 1961- (Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010)
Machine generated contents note: Preface; List of symbols; 1. Struct ural geology and structural analysis; 2. Deformation; 3. Strain in rock s; 4. Stress; 5. Stress in the lithosphere; 6. Rheology; 7. Fracture an d brittle deformation; 8. Faults; 9. Kinematics and paleostress in the brittle regime; 10. Deformation at the microscale; 11. Folds and foldin g; 12. Foliation and cleavage; 13. Lineations; 14. Boudinage; 15. Shear zones and mylonites; 16. Contractional regimes; 17. Extensional regime s; 18. Strike-slip, transpression and transtension; 19. Salt tectonics; 20. Balancing and restoration; Appendix A. More about the deformation matrix; Appendix B. Stereographic projection; Glossary; References; Ind ex.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Geology, Structural