3-D Structural Geology A Practical Guide to Quantitative Surface and Subsurface Map Interpretation /

• Main Author: Groshong, Richard H. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
• Edition: Second Edition.
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Geology.; Structural geology.; Geotechnical engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Structural Geology.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.

Geological structures are three dimensional, yet are typically represented by, and - terpreted from, outcrop maps and structure contour maps, both of which are curved two-dimensional surfaces. Maps plus serial sections, called 2½-D, provide a closer approach to three dimensionality. Computer technol...

Table of Contents:

• Elements of Map-Scale Structure
• Location and Attitude
• Structure Contouring
• Thickness Measurements and Thickness Maps
• Fold Geometry
• Cross Sections, Data Projection and Dip-Domain Mapping
• Properties of Faults
• Faulted Surfaces
• Dip-Sequence Analysis
• Quality Control
• Structural Validation, Restoration, and Prediction
• Direction Cosines and Vector Geometry.