• This is such a great course! I am eager to know more.
• Despite my best efforts I kept falling asleep during the lectures.
• The lecturer was such a poor teacher that you didn't learn anything in his class.
  

If one of the above applies to you then it is time to check the following reference:

Van der Pluijm, B.A., and S. Marshak, 1997, 2004
Earth Structure, Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics,
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc, ISBN: 0-393-92467-X.

 

ASSESSABLE COMPULSORY READING FROM Van der Pluijm, B.A., and S. Marshak, 2004 :

CHAPTER 1: Overview
CHAPTER 4: Deformation and Strain
CHAPTER 9: Ductile Deformation Processes
CHAPTER 11: Foliations and Lineations
CHAPTER 12: Ductile Shear Zone and Transposition


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