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Intoduction to the structure of the earth

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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
1969
Author
Spencer, Edgar W.
Publisher
New York : McGraw Book Company
Call Number
03 S3i
Author
Spencer, Edgar W.
Publisher
New York : McGraw Book Company
Published Date
1969
Physical Description
597 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Geology
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Concepts of stress and strain -- 3. Theory and rock failure -- fracture -- 4. Faults -- 5. Behavior of materials -- 6. Folds and folding -- 7. Clevage, mullion, rodding, kinks, and boudinage -- 8. Primary sedimentary structures -- 9. Structures in unconsolidated sediment and salt -- 10. Earth's interior and major crustal elements -- 11. The North American continental craton and its stable margin -- 12. A case study of an orogenic belt -- the Alps -- 13. Anatomy of a folded mountain belt -- the Appalachians -- 14. Structural features of the North American cordillera -- 15. Sturctural features of the ocean basins -- 16. Examples of modern diatrophism -- 17. Tectonic syntheses
Notes
Ben Gadd Personal Library
Accession Number
2021.20
Call Number
03 S3i
Collection
Archives Library
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