Continental Deformation

About this book

This text explains the essential attributes of concepts that have arisen since 1973 in structural geology and tectonics. Deformational and tectonic processes and relationships on all scales are discussed. Site or time specific assemblages are not emphasized with the exceptions of Archaean tectonics and neotectonics. The nomenclature that has proliferated as a result of the need to express recent ideas is highlighted.

Contents

Part 1 Deformation processes and deformation analysis: ductile deformation processes, P.F. Williams et al
- palaeostrain analysis, R.J. Lisle
- brittle crack propagation, T. Engelder
- fault slip analysis and palaeostress reconstruction, J. Angelier
- palaeostress analysis of small-scale brittle structures, W.M. Dunne and P.L. Hancock
- linked fault systems - extensional strike-slip and contractional, I. Davison
- prelithification deformation, A.J. Maltman
- advances in salt tectonics, M.P.A. Jackson and C.J. Talbot

Part 2 Deformation styles and tectonic settings: arc-trench tectonics, J. Charvet and Y. Ogawa
- craton tectonics, stress and seismicity, R.G. Park and W. Jaroszewski
- continental extensional tectonics, A. Roberts and G. Yielding
- continental strike-slip tectonics, N.H. Woodcock and C. Schubert
- continental collision, M.P. Coward
- inversion tectonics, M.P. Coward
- suspect terranes, W. Gibbons
- tectonosedimentation, K.T. Pickering and A. Taira
- archaean tectonics, J.S. Myers and A. Kroner
- neotectonics, I.S. Stewart and P.L. Hancock

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