TY - BOOK ID - 5448178 TI - Deformation microstructures and mechanisms in minerals and rocks PY - 2000 SN - 1280200308 9786610200306 030647543X 041273480X PB - Dordrecht Kluwer Academic DB - UniCat KW - Deformations (Mechanics). KW - Microstructure. KW - Petrofabric analysis. KW - Rock deformation. KW - Geology KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Petrology KW - Deformations (Mechanics) KW - 551.242 KW - 551.242 Tectonic movements, fluctuations etc. Crust movements. Tectonic structures and their elements KW - Tectonic movements, fluctuations etc. Crust movements. Tectonic structures and their elements KW - Earth sciences. KW - Structural geology. KW - Mineral resources. KW - Mineralogy. KW - Earth Sciences. KW - Structural Geology. KW - Mineral Resources. KW - Microstructure KW - Petrofabric analysis KW - Rock deformation KW - Deformation, Rock KW - Geology, Structural KW - Fabric analysis (Petrology) KW - Microtectonics KW - Petrofabrics KW - Petrology, Structural KW - Petrotectonics KW - Structural petrology KW - Materials KW - Matter KW - Morphology KW - Micromechanics KW - Stereology KW - Elastic solids KW - Mechanics KW - Rheology KW - Strains and stresses KW - Structural failures KW - Constitution KW - Geology, Structural. KW - Geotectonics KW - Structural geology KW - Tectonics (Geology) KW - Physical geology KW - Deposits, Mineral KW - Mineral deposits KW - Mineral resources KW - Mines and mining KW - Mining KW - Natural resources KW - Geology, Economic KW - Minerals KW - Crystallography UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5448178 AB - This book is a systematic guide to the recognition and interpretation of deformation microstructures and mechanisms in minerals and rocks at the scale of a thin section. Diagnostic features of microstructures and mechanisms are emphasized, and the subject is extensively illustrated with high-quality color and black and white photomicrographs, and many clear diagrams. After introducing three main classes of deformation microstructures and mechanisms, low- to high-grade deformation is presented in a logical sequence in Chapters 2 to 5. Magmatic/submagmatic deformation, shear sense indicators, and shock microstructures and metamorphism are described in Chapters 6 to 8, which are innovative chapters in a structural geology textbook. The final chapter shows how deformation microstructures and mechanisms can be used quantitatively to understand the behavior of the earth. Recent experimental research on failure criteria, frictional sliding laws, and flow laws is summarized in tables, and palaeopiezometry is discussed. Audience: This book is essential to all practising structural and tectonic geologists who use thin sections, and is an invaluable research tool for advanced undergraduates, postgraduates, lecturers and researchers in structural geology and tectonics. ER -