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An Introduction to Geological Structures and Maps /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Boston, MA :
Springer US,
1990.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Horizontal and dipping strata
- Contours, section drawing, vertical exaggeration; Dip, structure contours, construction of structure contours, section drawing; True and apparent dip; Calculation of thickness of a bed, vertical and true thickness; Width of outcrop; Inliers and outliers.
- 2 'Three-point' problems
- Construction of structure contours; Insertion of outcrops; Depth in boreholes.
- 3 Unconformities
- Overstep; Overlap; Sub-unconformity outcrops.
- 4 Folding
- Anticlines and synclines; Asymmetrical folds, overfolds and isoclinal folds; Similar and concentric folding; Two possible directions of strike.
- 5 Faults
- Normal and reversed faults; The effects of faulting on outcrops; Classification of faults, dip-slip, strike-slip and oblique-slip faults; Dip faults and strike faults; Calculation of the throw of a fault; Wrench or tear faults; Pre- and post-unconformity faulting; Structural inliers and outliers; Posthumous faulting; Isopachytes.
- 6 More folds and faulted folds
- Plunging folds, calculation of the amount of plunge; The effect of faulting on fold structures; Displacement of folds by strike-slip (wrench) faults, calculation of strike-slip displacement; Faults parallel to the limbs of a fold; Sub-surface structures; Posthumous folding; Polyphase folding; Bed isopachytes.
- 7 Complex structures
- Nappes; Thrust faults; Axial plane cleavage.
- 8 Igneous rocks
- Concordant intrusions, sills; Lava flows and tuffs; Discordant intrusions, dykes, ring- dykes, cone-sheets, stocks, bosses and batholiths, volcanic necks.
- Description of a geological map; Geological history of Map 28.
- Numerical answers.