Elements of Structural Geology

Originally published in 1963, this classic textbook was revised fully for the 1972 edition. The author presents a comprehensive account of all topics falling within the domain of structural geology in his characteristically objective, scientific and logical manner

Autorentext

E. S. Hills was Lecturer in Geology 1932-1944, Professor of Geology and Mineralogy 1944-1962, Research Professor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor 1962-1971, at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His interests were wide ranging and included fossil fishes, physiography, mineralogy and petrology, structure, tectonics and morphotectonics, and economic geology. He died in 1986

Inhalt

1. The Domain and Contents of Structural Geology 2. Depositional Textures and Structures 3. Non-Diastrophic Structures 4. Physics of Deformation 5. Environment, Time and Material Appendix: Mohr Diagrams 6. Planar and Linear Structures and Jointing 7. Faults 8. Folds 9. Tectonic Analysis of Folds 10. Cleavage 11. Major Structures and Tectonics 12. Igneous Rocks 13. Structural Petrology E. Den Tex 14. Geomorphology and Structure - Morphotectonics.