Structural geology is the study of the architecture of the earth in so far as it is determined by earth movements. Tectonics and tectonic geology are term that are synonymous with structural geology. The Movements that affect solid rocks results from forces within the earth; they cause folds, joints, faults and cleavage.
Structural Geology may be defined as a study of the framework of the earth’s crust and the causes that are distorting it. However, in its broader phases, structural geology is not limited merely to crumplings and fractures of the crust. Although we see only a thin rin and although information about the unseen vast interior must, of necessity, be based on indirect evidence – yet it is deep-s…
Structural Geology brings together in condensed form the fundamentals of the geology of primary and secondary forms of occurrence of rocks sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic. It outlines the main principles of tectonics physics and set out the basic mechanism of folding and faulting. A classification of structural form is given and the processes governing their historical, mechanical and regi…