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Title

Fault-related rocks : a photographic atlas / edited by Arthur W. Snoke, Jan Tullis, and Victoria R. Todd.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

• Snoke, Arthur W.
• Tullis, Jan.
• Todd, Victoria R. (Victoria Roy)

Description

xv, 617 pages : illustrations, maps; 29 cm

Summary

• This is a richly illustrated reference book that provides a unique, comprehensive, and up-to-date survey of the rocks and structures of fault and shear zones. These zones are fundamental geologic structures in the Earth's crust. Their rigorous analysis is crucial to understanding the kinematics and dynamics of the continental and oceanic crust, the nature of earthquakes, and the formation of gold and hydrocarbon deposits.
• To document the variety of fault-related rocks, the book presents more than six hundred photographs of structures ranging in scale from outcrop to submicroscopic. These are accompanied by detailed explanations, often including geologic maps and cross sections, contributed by over 150 geoscientists from around the world. The book will be important reading for a broad range of earth scientists, including structural geologists, petrologists, geophysicists, and environmental specialists.

Subject

• Mylonite > Atlases
• Petrofabric analysis > Atlases

Note

• Accompanied by a sheet of errata.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 595-613) and index.

Contents

Brittle Behavior. Geometrical characteristics and microstructures. Cataclasis and gouge development. Pseudotachylyte. Fluid-related features -- Semi-Brittle Behavior. Geometrical characteristics and microstructures. Fluid-related features -- Ductile Behavior. Strain partitioning and other geometric characteristics. Microstructures. Foliation development. Composite foliations in mylonites. Porphyroclasts in mylonites. Folds in mylonitic zones. Evidence of coaxial deformational histories. Metamorphic grade variations. Fluid-related features. Microstructural development of mylonitic rocks of specific composition.

ISBN

0691012202 (alk. paper)

LCCN

97019775

OCLC

ocm37001388

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries