Augen gneiss from the Nanga Parbat Massif near Chilas along the Indus River, Pakistan. Photo by Vince Cronin.

Introductory Structural Geology, Plasticity

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Refer to Ben van der Pluijm and Steve Marshak, Processes in Structural Geology and Tectonics (psgt.earth.lsa.umich.edu), chapter 5, pages 109-135.

Notes

Source: http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/Course/IntroStructGeol/DefMechNotes19.pdf
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Handouts

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Videos from Win Means

Accessible via SERC through https://serc.carleton.edu/resources/22793.html,
or from the University at Albany through http://www.atmos.albany.edu/geology/webpages/wdmovies/wdmoviep.html

Some good references

• Passchier, C.W., and Trouw, R.A.J., 2005, Microtectonics [second edition]: Berlin, Springer, 366 p., ISBN-10: 3540640037, ISBN-13: 978-3540640035
• Trouw, R.A.J., Passchier, C.W., and Wiersma, D.J., 2009, Atlas of mylonites and related microstructures: Berlin, Springer, 322 p., ISBN-10: 3642036074, ISBN-13: 978-3642036071
• Vernon, R.H., 2019, A practical guide to rock microstructure [second edition]: Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, 440 p., ISBN-10: 1108427243, ISBN-13: 978-1108427241

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