Structural geology
/ Marland P. Billings.
- 3rd ed.
- Islamabad : NBF,
- xv, 606 p. illus. 24 cm.
Structural geology; Mechanical principles; Description of folds; Field study of folds; Office techniques used in studying folds; Mechanics and causes of folding; Joints; Description and classification of faults; Criteria for faulting; Reverse faults, thrust faults and overthrusts; Normal faults; Strike-slip faults; Dating of structural events; Diapirs and related structural features; Extrusive igneous rocks; Intrusive igneous rocks; Emplacement of large plutons; Cleavage and schistosity; Secondary lineation; Plastic deformation; Impact structures; Geophysical methods in structural geology: gravitational and magnetic; Geophysical methods in structural and thermal; Laboratory exercises