Structural Analysis and Synthesis: A Laboratory Course in Structural Geology (1st Edition): Laboratory Course in Structured Geology - Softcover

Rowland, SM

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865423083 ISBN 13: 9780865423084

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1987

Synopsis

This manual is intended for the laboratory portion of an undergraduate course on structural geology or geophysics. It presents a series of related exercises directed toward analyzing the structural form and evolution of a single field area. The approach approximates the procedure taken by field workers in the study of a new era. A feature is the initial chapter on rheological models, which is designed to give the student a clear qualitative understanding of the concepts of stress and strain. This, together with stereographic projections, structure contours and isopach maps, and details of technical procedures such as strain and fault slip measurement, should make this a useful text for the geology student.

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Review

Praise for Rowlands′s Structural Analysis and Synthesis 1e:

"Laboratory exercises using progressively more complicated geologic maps of mythical terrains have been a feature of my introductory structural geology course for years. I was, therefore, quite intrigued by Stephen Rowland′s laboratory manual that takes this strategy a step further by progressively analysing a single geologic terrain...[I] appreciate the manual′s clearly organized and balanced presentation of topics and its exercises that involved the progressive analysis and written synthesis of a single map area. The text has been popular with my students. I would recommend it to any instructor who emphasizes the interpretation of geologic maps in their introductory structural geology course." Journal of Structural Geology

About the Author

Stephen M. Rowland is a Professor of Geology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He began teaching a structural geology laboratory course as a PhD student at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Bree Creek map and the core exercises in this book evolved from field exercises in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California.

Ernest M. Duebendorfer is a Professor of Geology at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. His research focuses on Proterozoic accretionary tectonics and Cenozoic extensional tectonism in the western US. He has also published papers on contractional deformation in Antarctica, Australia, and California. He received his PhD from the University of Wyoming.

Ilsa M. Schiefelbein is a Senior Geologist currently employed by ExxonMobil Corporation in Houston, Texas. She received an MS at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where she studied extensional tectonics in the Basin and Range Province and taught structural geology laboratories.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865423083
• ISBN 13: 9780865423084
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236