Title: Structural Analysis and Synthesis: A Laboratory Course in Structural Geology
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1405116528
ISBN 13: 9781405116527
Binding: Spiral-bound
Edition: 3rd Edition
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This widely used, highly readable introduction to structural analysis is specifically designed to support the laboratory work of undergraduates in structural geology courses.

The new third edition includes:

New and amended exercises and redrafted figures to improve clarity
A single fold-out map of the Bree Creek Quadrangle – a mythical site used to help students analyze various aspects of the geologic structures exposed within this quadrangle and ultimately to develop a grand synthesis
A user-friendly spiral binding ideal for work in the lab or out in the field

An Instructor manual CD-ROM for this title is available. Please contact our Higher Education team at HigherEducation@wiley.com for more information.

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.

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