Microtectonics

• Main Authors: Passchier, Cees W. (Author), Trouw, R. A. J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Edition: 2nd, Revised and Enlarged Edition.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Structural geology.; Mineralogy.; Earth Sciences.; Structural Geology.; Earth Sciences, general.

Microtectonics deals with the interpretation of microstructures, small-scale deformation structures in rocks that yield abundant information on the history and type of deformation and metamorphism. The results are used by geologists to obtain data for large-scale geological interpretations. This adv...

Table of Contents:

• A Framework of Microtectonic Studies
• Flow and Deformation
• Deformation Mechanisms
• Foliations, Lineations and Lattice Preferred Orientation
• Shear Zones
• Dilatation Sites — Veins, Strain Shadows, Fringes and Boudins
• Porphyroblasts and Reaction Rims
• Primary Structures
• Natural Microgauges
• Special Techniques
• Experimental Modelling Techniques
• From Sample to Section.