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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/

Facts
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
Structural Geology
Filter Results57 entries

Albertine Rift

Structural Geology

Aldan Shield

Structural Geology

Amazonian Craton

Structural Geology

Anabar Shield

Structural Geology

Anticline

Structural Geology

Arabian Plate

Structural Geology

Baltic Shield

Structural Geology

Bangweulu Block

Structural Geology

Caledonian Orogeny

Structural Geology

Canadian Shield

Structural Geology

Chaman Fault

Structural Geology

Churchill Craton

Structural Geology

Congo Craton

Structural Geology

Denali Fault

Structural Geology

Dharwar Craton

Structural Geology

East African Rift

Structural Geology

East Antarctic Shield

Structural Geology

Gawler Craton

Structural Geology

Graben

Structural Geology

Great Glen Fault

Structural Geology

Great Sumatran Fault

Structural Geology

Guiana Shield

Structural Geology

Gulf of Suez Rift

Structural Geology

Half-graben

Structural Geology

Hayward Fault Zone

Structural Geology

Hearne Craton

Structural Geology

Iapetus Suture

Structural Geology

Indus-Yarlung Suture Zone

Structural Geology

Kaapvaal Craton

Structural Geology

Kalahari Craton

Structural Geology

Laurentia

Structural Geology

Lewis Overthrust

Structural Geology

North Anatolian Fault

Structural Geology

North Atlantic Craton

Structural Geology

Pilbara Craton

Structural Geology

Rae Craton

Structural Geology

Red River Fault

Structural Geology

Red Sea Rift

Structural Geology

Rift Valley

Structural Geology

Río de la Plata Craton

Structural Geology

Rio Grande Rift

Structural Geology

Sagaing Fault

Structural Geology

Salt Surface Structures

Structural Geology

São Francisco Craton

Structural Geology

Sarmatian Craton

Structural Geology

Siberian Craton

Structural Geology

Slave Craton

Structural Geology

Superior Craton

Structural Geology

Syncline

Structural Geology

Tanzania Craton

Structural Geology

Trans-Hudson Orogen

Structural Geology

Ukrainian Shield

Structural Geology

Wrangellia Terrane

Structural Geology

Wyoming Craton

Structural Geology

Yilgarn Craton

Structural Geology

Zealandia

Structural Geology

Zimbabwe Craton

Structural Geology
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Faulting, Processes

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

Source Wikipedia: Structural geology
Folding, Processes

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

Source Wikipedia: Structural geology

Has Scientist

Hans Cloos, Scientists

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

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

Source Wikidata: John Frederick Dewey

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

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Source Trans-Hudson orogeny (Wikipedia)

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: Ukrainian Shield

Wikidata P31 (Q509037) mapped to discipline Structural Geology via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Wrangellia Terrane

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: Wyoming 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: Yilgarn Craton

Wikidata P31 (Q2094611) mapped to discipline Structural Geology via earth5 extended reviewed judgment map; source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Zealandia

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: Zimbabwe Craton

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1. Wikipedia: Structural geology
WikipediaLead section
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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)
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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)
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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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