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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankSTRUCTURALGEOLOGYAnIntroductiontoGeometricalTechniquesfourtheditionManytextbooksdescribeinformationandtheoriesabouttheEarthwithouttrainingstudentstoutilizerealdatatoanswerbasicgeologicalquestions.Thisvolumeacombi-nationoftextandlabbookpre
2、sentsanentirelydifferentapproachtostructuralgeology.Designedforundergraduatelaboratoryclasses,itisdedicatedtohelpingstudentssolvemanyofthegeometricalproblemsthatarisefromfieldobservations.Thebasicapproachistosupplystep-by-stepinstructionstoguidestudentsthroughthemethod
3、s,whichincludewell-establishedtechniquesaswellasmorecutting-edgeapproaches.Particularemphasisisgiventographicalmethodsandvisualizationtechniques,intendedtosupportstudentsintacklingtraditionallychallengingtwo-andthree-dimensionalproblems.Exer-cisesattheendofeachchapter
4、providestudentswithpracticeinusingthetechniques,anddemonstratehowobservationsandmeasurementsfromthefieldcanbeconvertedintousefulinformationaboutgeologicalstructuresandtheprocessesresponsibleforcreatingthem.Buildingonthesuccessofpreviouseditions,thisfourtheditionhasbeen
5、broughtfullyup-to-dateandincorporatesnewmaterialonstress,deformation,strainandflow.Alsonewtothiseditionareachapterontheunderlyingmathematicsanddiscussionsofuncertaintiesassociatedwithparticulartypesofmeasurement.Withstereonetplotsandfullsolutionstotheexercisesavailable
6、onlineatwww.cambridge.org/ragan,thisbookisakeyresourceforundergraduatestudentsaswellasmoreadvancedstudentsandresearcherswantingtoimprovetheirpracticalskillsinstructuralgeology.DonRaganwaseducatedatOccidentalCollege,UniversityofSouthernCaliforniaandattheUniversityofWas
7、hingtoninSeattle,receivinghisPh.D.in1960.HespentayearasaFulbrightScholarattheUniversityofInnsbruck,andlater,withaNationalSci-enceFoundationFellowship,atImperialCollege,London,wherehereceivedaDiplomaofMembershipinGeology(DIC).HisteachingcareerattheUniversityofAlaska,Fa
8、ir-banks,andatArizonaStateUniversityhasspannedatotalof34years,andhasfocusedonimbuingstudentswithathoroughunderstandingofgeom
