Undergraduate textbook, providing a perspective for identifying relationships that are critical to the interpretation of structures. Techniques, methods, experiments and calculations are described in detail.

FUNDAMENTALS. Nature of Structural Geology. Kinematic Analysis. Dynamic Analysis. Deformation Mechanisms and Microstructures. STRUCTURES. Joints and Shear Fractures. Faults. Folds. Cleavage, Foliation, and Lineation. Shear Zones and Progressive Deformation. Plate Tectonics. Concluding Thoughts. DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS. References. Indexes.