Discipline

Structural Geology

Branch of Geology

The study of the three dimensional distribution of rock units in relation to their deformational histories. It uses measurements of present-day rock geometries to reconstruct the history of strain in rocks, and from that to infer the stress fields that produced the observed geometries, underpinning understanding of how regions of crust evolved structurally over time. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Central Question

Structural geology is a subject of geology specializing in the study of the three-dimensional distribution of rock units and their deformational histories, in order to understand the stress and strain fields that shaped them. 1

Scope

Structural geology studies the geometry, distribution and origin of rock deformation, including folds, faults and fractures produced by tectonic stress. 1

Significance

Structural geology maps the faults responsible for earthquake hazard and the folded, fractured rock that traps oil, gas and ore. 1

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Faulting

Faulting is one of the primary deformation structures structural geology reconstructs the history of.

Source Wikipedia: Structural geology

Folding

Folding is one of the primary deformation structures structural geology reconstructs the history of.

Source Wikipedia: Structural geology

Has Scientist

Hans Cloos

Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont

Wikipedia "Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont": theorized mountain-building from earth cooling/shrinking, a structural-geology/tectonics theme.

Source Wikidata: Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont

John Frederick Dewey

Wikipedia "John Frederick Dewey": explicitly named a British structural geologist and proponent of plate tectonics.

Source Wikidata: John Frederick Dewey

Reinout Willem van Bemmelen

Wikipedia "Reinout Willem van Bemmelen": interests were structural geology, economic geology and volcanology; structural geology listed first and is his defining theoretical work.

Source Wikidata: Reinout Willem van Bemmelen

Includes

Albertine Rift

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Albertine Rift

Aldan Shield

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Aldan Shield

Amazonian Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Amazonian Craton

Anabar Shield

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Anabar Shield

Anticline

Source Anticline (Wikipedia)

Arabian Plate

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Arabian Plate

Baltic Shield

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Baltic Shield

Bangweulu Block

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Bangweulu Block

Caledonian Orogeny

Source Caledonian orogeny (Wikipedia)

Canadian Shield

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Canadian Shield

Chaman Fault

Source Chaman Fault (Wikipedia)

Churchill Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Churchill Craton

Congo Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Congo Craton

Denali Fault

Source Denali Fault (Wikipedia)

Dharwar Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Dharwar Craton

East African Rift

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: East African Rift

East Antarctic Shield

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: East Antarctic Shield

Gawler Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Gawler Craton

Graben

Source Graben (Wikipedia)

Great Glen Fault

Source Great Glen Fault (Wikipedia)

Great Sumatran Fault

Source Great Sumatran fault (Wikipedia)

Guiana Shield

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Guiana Shield

Gulf of Suez Rift

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Gulf of Suez Rift

Half-graben

Source Half-graben (Wikipedia)

Hayward Fault Zone

Source Hayward Fault Zone (Wikipedia)

Hearne Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Hearne Craton

Iapetus Suture

Source Iapetus Suture (Wikipedia)

Indus-Yarlung Suture Zone

Source Indus-Yarlung suture zone (Wikipedia)

Kaapvaal Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Kaapvaal Craton

Kalahari Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Kalahari Craton

Laurentia

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Laurentia

Lewis Overthrust

Wikidata P31 (Q1479638) mapped to discipline Structural Geology via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Lewis Overthrust

North Anatolian Fault

Source North Anatolian Fault (Wikipedia)

North Atlantic Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: North Atlantic Craton

Pilbara Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Pilbara Craton

Rae Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Rae Craton

Red River Fault

Source Red River Fault (Wikipedia)

Red Sea Rift

Wikidata P31 (Q104698) mapped to discipline Structural Geology via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Red Sea Rift

Rift Valley

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Gregory Rift

Río de la Plata Craton

Source Río de la Plata Craton (Wikipedia)

Rio Grande Rift

Source Rio Grande rift (Wikipedia)

Sagaing Fault

Source Sagaing Fault (Wikipedia)

Salt Surface Structures

Source Salt surface structures (Wikipedia)

São Francisco Craton

Source São Francisco Craton (Wikipedia)

Sarmatian Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Sarmatian Craton

Siberian Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Siberian Craton

Slave Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Slave Craton

Superior Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Superior Craton

Syncline

Source Syncline (Wikipedia)

Tanzania Craton

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Structural Geology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Tanzania Craton

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1. Wikipedia: Structural geology

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Structural geology is the study of the three-dimensional distribution of rock units with respect to their deformational histories.

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North Anatolian Fault (Wikipedia)

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The North Anatolian Fault (NAF; Turkish: Kuzey Anadolu Fay Hattı) is an active right-lateral strike-slip fault in northern Anatolia, and is the transform boundary between the Eurasian plate and the Anatolian sub-plate

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Denali Fault (Wikipedia)

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The Denali Fault is a major intracontinental dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault in western North America, extending from northwestern British Columbia, Canada to the central region of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Hayward Fault Zone (Wikipedia)

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The Hayward Fault Zone is a right-lateral strike-slip geologic fault zone capable of generating destructive earthquakes

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Caledonian orogeny (Wikipedia)

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The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain-building cycle recorded in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Caledonides, Svalbard, eastern Greenland and parts of north-central Europe

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Iapetus Suture (Wikipedia)

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The Iapetus Suture is one of several major geological faults caused by the collision of several ancient land masses forming a suture

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Great Glen Fault (Wikipedia)

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The Great Glen Fault is a strike-slip fault that runs through the Great Glen in Scotland

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Sagaing Fault (Wikipedia)

Includes: Sagaing Fault, Lead paragraph

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The Sagaing Fault is a major fault in Myanmar, a mainly continental right-lateral transform fault between the Indian plate and Sunda plate

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Chaman Fault (Wikipedia)

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The Chaman Fault is a major, active geological fault in Pakistan and Afghanistan that runs for over 850 km

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Red River Fault (Wikipedia)

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The Red River Fault or Song Hong Fault (Vietnamese: Đới Đứt Gãy Sông Hồng) is a major fault in Yunnan, China and Vietnam which accommodates continental China's (Yangtze plate) southward movement

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Great Sumatran fault (Wikipedia)

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The Great Sumatran fault, also known as Semangko fault, is a large strike-slip fault running the entire length of the island of Sumatra

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Anticline (Wikipedia)

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In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core, whereas a syncline is the inverse of an anticline

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Syncline (Wikipedia)

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In structural geology, a syncline is a fold with younger layers closer to the center of the structure, whereas an anticline is the inverse of a syncline

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Half-graben (Wikipedia)

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A half-graben is a geological structure bounded by a fault along one side of its boundaries, unlike a full graben where a depressed block of land is bordered by parallel faults.

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Graben (Wikipedia)

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A graben () in geology is a depressed block of the crust of a planet or moon, bordered by parallel normal faults.

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Rio Grande rift (Wikipedia)

Includes: Rio Grande Rift, Lead section (in-discipline Structural Geology)

Quote, Includes: Rio Grande Rift, Lead section (in-discipline Structural Geology)

The Rio Grande rift is a north-trending continental rift zone.

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Trans-Hudson orogeny (Wikipedia)

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The Trans-Hudson orogeny or Trans-Hudsonian orogeny was the major mountain building event (orogeny) that formed the Precambrian Canadian Shield and the North American Craton (also called Laurentia), forging the initial North American continent.

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Indus-Yarlung suture zone (Wikipedia)

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The Indus-Yarlung suture zone or the Indus-Yarlung Tsangpo suture is a tectonic suture in southern Tibet and across the north margin of the Himalayas which resulted from the collision between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate starting about 52 Ma.

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São Francisco Craton (Wikipedia)

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The São Francisco Craton is an ancient craton in the eastern part of South America.

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Río de la Plata Craton (Wikipedia)

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The Rio de la Plata Craton (RPC) is a medium-sized continental block found in Uruguay, eastern Argentina and southern Brazil.

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Salt surface structures (Wikipedia)

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Salt surface structures are extensions of salt tectonics that form at the Earth's surface when either diapirs or salt sheets pierce through the overlying strata.

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