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...