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| Geological Structures and Deformation | |
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| Basic Concepts | |
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| Stratigraphic Terms and Concepts | |
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| Geometry of Inclined Planes and Lines | |
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| Representation of Structures on Geological Maps | |
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| Faults and Fractures | |
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| Rock Fractures | |
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| Fault Geometry and Nomenclature | |
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| Rocks Produced by Faulting (Fault Rocks) | |
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| Features Associated with Fault Planes | |
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| Fault Associations | |
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| Thrust Systems | |
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| Strike-Slip Fault Systems | |
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| Inversion | |
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| Joints | |
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| Folds | |
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| Meaning and Significance of Folds | |
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| Basic Fold Geometry and Nomenclature | |
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| Fold Orientation | |
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| Classification of Folds | |
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| Geometry of the Fold Profile | |
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| Description of Fold Systems | |
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| Folds in Three Dimensions | |
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| Folding Mechanisms and Fold Geometry | |
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| Relationship Between Faults, Folds and Shear Zones | |
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| Foliation, Lineation and Fabric | |
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| Foliation | |
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| Lineation | |
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| Boudinage | |
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| Fabric | |
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| Stress | |
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| Force and Stress | |
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| Normal Stress and Shear Stress | |
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| Stress at a 'Point': The stress components | |
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| Principal Stresses and the Stress Axial Cross | |
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| Stresses Acting on a Given Plane | |
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| Hydrostatic and Deviatoric Stresses | |
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| Stress Fields and Stress Trajectories | |
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| Strain | |
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| Nature of Strain | |
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| Measurement of Strain | |
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| Principal Strain Axes and the Strain Elipsoid | |
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| Pure Shear and Simple Shear (Distortion and Rotation) | |
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| Special Types of Homogeneous Strain | |
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| Volume Change During Deformation | |
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| Graphical Representation of Homogeneous Strain | |
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| Progressive Deformation and Finite Strain | |
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| Relationship Between Stress and Strain | |
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| Stress and Strain in Materials | |
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| Ideal Elastic and Viscous Strain | |
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| Elastoviscous, Plastic and Viscoelastic Behaviour | |
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| Brittle and Ductile Behaviour | |
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| The Effects of Variation in Stress | |
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| The Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure | |
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| The Effect of Temperature | |
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| The Effect of Pore-Fluid Pressure | |
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| The Effect of Time: Strain rate | |
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| Summary: Physical Controls on Strain Behaviour | |
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| Mechanisms of Rock Deformation | |
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| Determination of Strain in Rocks | |
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| Finding the Principal Strain Axis | |
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| Initially Spherical Objects as Strain Markers | |
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| Deformed Conglomerates as Strain Markers | |
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| Bilaterally Symmetrical Fossils as Strain Markers | |
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| Strain Determination in Three Dimensions | |
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| Use of Fold Sets in Strain Determination | |
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| Two-Dimensional Strain from Balanced Sections | |
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| Bulk Homogeneous Strain | |
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| Superimposition of Strains | |
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| Faulting and Stress | |
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| Stress Conditions for Brittle Failure | |
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| Fault Orientation in Relation to Stress and Strain | |
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| Faulting and Earthquakes | |
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| Strain in Folds and Shear Zones | |
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| Folding | |
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| Characteristics of Buckle Folds | |
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| Oblique Shear or Flow Folding | |
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| Kinking and Formation of Chevron Folds | |
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| Conditions Controlling the Fold Mechanism | |
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| Shear Zones | |
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| Structural Geology of Igneous Intrusions | |
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| Structures Found Within Igneous Bodies | |
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| Structural Classification of Intrusive Igneous Bodies | |
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| Methods of Emplacement of Igneous Intrusions | |
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| 11.4 | |
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| Emplacement of Cone-Sheets and Radial Dykes | |
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| Mode of Emplacement of Large Intrusions | |
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| Gravity-Controlled Structures | |
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| Geotectonics | |
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| Major Earth Structure | |
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| Major Topographic Features of the Earth | |
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| Present-day Tectonic Activity | |
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| Stable and Unstable Tectonic Zones | |
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| Plate Tectonics | |
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| Historical Context | |
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| The Concept of Lithospheric Plates | |
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| Nature of Plate Boundaries | |
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| Geometry of Plate Motion | |
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| Driving Mechanism for Plate Motion | |
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| Geological Structure and Plate Tectonics | |
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| Recognition of Inactive Plate Boundaries | |
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| Structure of Constructive Boundaries | |
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| Structure of Subduction Zones | |
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| Structure of Continental Collision zones | |
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| Structure of Conservative Boundaries: The San Andreas Fault | |
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| Structure of Intraplate Regions | |
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| Structural Interpretation in Ancient Orogenic Belts | |
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| The Caledon | |