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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankSTRUCTURALGEOLOGYAnIntroductiontoGeometricalTechniquesfourtheditionManytextbooksdescribeinformationandtheoriesabouttheEarthwithouttrainingstudentstoutilizerealdatatoanswerbasicgeologicalquestions.Thisvolumeacombi-nationoftextandlabbookpresentsanentirelydi

2、fferentapproachtostructuralgeology.Designedforundergraduatelaboratoryclasses,itisdedicatedtohelpingstudentssolvemanyofthegeometricalproblemsthatarisefromfieldobservations.Thebasicapproachistosupplystep-by-stepinstructionstoguidestudentsthroughthemethods,whichincludewell-establishedtech

3、niquesaswellasmorecutting-edgeapproaches.Particularemphasisisgiventographicalmethodsandvisualizationtechniques,intendedtosupportstudentsintacklingtraditionallychallengingtwo-andthree-dimensionalproblems.Exer-cisesattheendofeachchapterprovidestudentswithpracticeinusingthetechniques,and

4、demonstratehowobservationsandmeasurementsfromthefieldcanbeconvertedintousefulinformationaboutgeologicalstructuresandtheprocessesresponsibleforcreatingthem.Buildingonthesuccessofpreviouseditions,thisfourtheditionhasbeenbroughtfullyup-to-dateandincorporatesnewmaterialonstress,deformation

5、,strainandflow.Alsonewtothiseditionareachapterontheunderlyingmathematicsanddiscussionsofuncertaintiesassociatedwithparticulartypesofmeasurement.Withstereonetplotsandfullsolutionstotheexercisesavailableonlineatwww.cambridge.org/ragan,thisbookisakeyresourceforundergraduatestudentsaswella

6、smoreadvancedstudentsandresearcherswantingtoimprovetheirpracticalskillsinstructuralgeology.DonRaganwaseducatedatOccidentalCollege,UniversityofSouthernCaliforniaandattheUniversityofWashingtoninSeattle,receivinghisPh.D.in1960.HespentayearasaFulbrightScholarattheUniversityofInnsbruck,and

7、later,withaNationalSci-enceFoundationFellowship,atImperialCollege,London,wherehereceivedaDiplomaofMembershipinGeology(DIC).HisteachingcareerattheUniversityofAlaska,Fair-banks,andatArizonaStateUniversityhasspannedatotalof34years,andhasfocusedonimbuingstudentswithathoroughunderstandingo

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