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Structures Associated with Salt Domes p.369
Three-dimensional images and animations of salt tectonics from the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology.

California's Greatest Fault p.374
Excellent public information website about the San Andreas Fault from the United States Geological Survey.

The San Andreas Fault Since 1906 p.374
Find out what scientists have learned since the catastrophic earthquake and fire of 1906.

Below you will find links to a number of other interesting web sites with information about Geologic Structures.


The Keck Geology Consortium Structural Geology Slide Set
The Keck Geology Consortium Structural Geology Slide Set was compiled by H. Robert Burger, Smith College with the support of the W. M. Keck Foundation, Los Angeles. A wonderful online image gallery of geologic structures.
( http://www.science.ubc.ca/~eoswr/slidesets/keck/ )
Geologic Scenery of the Southwest
Dr. Stephen J. Reynolds of Arizona State University has generated fantastic images illustrating relations of sedimentary strata and landscapes in the southwest United States.
( http://www-glg.la.asu.edu/~sreynolds/geologic_scenery/geologic_scenery_images.htm )
Interpreting Geologic Sections
The heart of field geology is going up to rocks and getting them to tell you their stories. Interpreting the order of events in a geological section is reading the history of that section, and is the basic tool of all field geology.
( http://www.athro.com/geo/seframe.html )
Structural Geology of Kentucky, USA
USGS Professional Paper describing the geology and geologic history of Kentucky, USA.
( http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1151h/structure.html )
Geology of the Sideling Hill Road Cut
Description of the geologic history of a famous syncline in the eastern United States from the Maryland Geological Survey.
( http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/brochures/sideling.html )
Rod Holcombe Structural Geology Animation Library
A series of animations showing different types of rock deformation.
( http://www.earthsciences.uq.edu.au/~rodh/animations/rodhAnimationLibrary.html )
Structural Geology Techniques
A tutorial on basic techniques of structural analysis in Geology produced by Dr. Steven Dutch at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA (Go Packers!)
( http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/STRUCTGE/LABMAN.HTM )
Deforming Rocks: Folds, Faults, Stress & Strain
A structural geology lecture series from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
( http://www.geo.lsa.umich.edu/~crlb/COURSES/117/Lec14/lec14.html )
Ganymede
Geologic structures on other planets in the Solar System.
( http://www.resa.net/nasa/ganymede.htm )







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