Structural Geology
An Introduction to Geometrical Techniques

An updated fourth edition of this practical, step-by-step guide for undergraduate students to solving geometric problems in structural geology.

Donal M. Ragan (Author)

9780521745833, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 3 September 2009

632 pages, 489 b/w illus. 32 tables 242 exercises
24.4 x 18.8 x 3.6 cm, 1.3 kg

'As so much of the content is timeless it is perhaps not so surprising to find the Structural Geology: An Introduction to Geometrical Techniques re-appearing in bookshops. Although many methods can now be performed on commercial software, including i-phone apps, working through the exercises here should be de rigeur for graduating geologists. … as a reference book, a source for clearly laid out methods - it serves a very useful purpose.' Geological Magazine

This combination of text and lab book presents an entirely different approach to structural geology. Designed for undergraduate laboratory classes, it provides a step-by-step guide for solving geometric problems arising from structural field observations. The book discusses both traditional methods and cutting-edge approaches, with emphasis given to graphical methods and visualization techniques that support students in tackling challenging two- and three-dimensional problems. Numerous exercises encourage practice in using the techniques, and demonstrate how field observations can be converted into useful information about geological structures and the processes responsible for creating them. This updated fourth edition incorporates new material on stress, deformation, strain and flow, and the underlying mathematics of the subject. With stereonet plots and solutions to the exercises available online at www.cambridge.org/ragan, this book is a key resource for undergraduates, advanced students and researchers wanting to improve their practical skills in structural geology.

Preface
1. Structural planes
2. Thickness and depth
3. Lines and intersecting planes
4. Planes and topography
5. Stereographic projections
6. Rotations
7. Vectors
8. Faults
9. Stress
10. Faulting
11. Deformation
12. Strain
13. Flow
14. Folds
15. Parallel folds
16. Similar folds
17. Folds and topography
18. Structural analysis
19. Tectonites
20. Drill hole data
21. Maps and cross sections
22. Block diagrams
Appendix A. Descriptive geometry
Appendix B. Spherical trigonometry
Index.

Subject Areas: Historical geology [RBGF], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG], Geophysics [PHVG]