Geology in the Field

Name: Geology in the Field
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ISBN: 9780471829027

ISBN-10: 0471829021

ISBN-13: 9780471829027

Edition: 1st 1985

Authors: Robert R. Compton

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Replaces Compton's Manual of Field Geology (1962). A guide to advances in the increasingly broad and interpretive discipline of formation mapping theory. Thorough, yet compact enough for use in the field, it consists of brief descriptions of textures and structures useful in interpreting depositional environments, kinds of volcanic activity, and plutonic events and conditions. Included are procedures often reserved for the laboratory or office: staining rocks, correcting orientations of current indicators, constructing profile sections of folds, measuring strains, making photogeologic interpretations, and more. Covers pre-field considerations, methods of observation and measurement,…

Book details

List price: $141.95
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/5/1985
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Philosophy and Organization of a Field Study


Basic Equipment and Its Uses


Basic Procedures at Outcrops


Identifying Rocks in the Field


Mapping Rock Units and Structures


Geologic Mapping on a Topographic Base


Use of Aerial Photographs and Other Remote Imagery


Mapping with the Plane Table and Alidade


Primary Features of Marine Sedimentary Rocks


Surficial Sediments


Continental Environments


Stratigraphic Sections


Features of Deformed Rocks


Volcanic Structures and Field Relations


Field Studies of Plutons


Field Studies of Metamorphic Rocks


Preparing Illustrations and Writing Reports


Appendices


Index