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Applications of continuum mechanics in structural geology exploring for oil and gas traps treatise of petroleum geology, handbook of petroleum geology. Engineering geology pdf notes eg pdf notes smartzworld. Force, traction, and stress in this chapter we define the relationships among forces, tractions, and stresses. Glg510advanced structural geology 2009 lecture notes. It is closely related to the concept of strain the permanent change in shape in 1d, 2d or. Ill try to show slides and overhead projections of geologic structures, maps, crosssections, etc. Mapping of these structures provides important information to land managers and mineral exploration. Scanned by camscanner scanned by camscanner scanned by camscanner scanned by. Smallscale structural features may be studied using the same general techniques that are employed in petrology, in which sections of rock mounted on glass slides are ground very thin and are. Lecture notes structural geology earth, atmospheric, and. Fall 2015 geology 4610 john structural geology and tectonics.
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