TY  - BOOK
AU  - Allmendinger,Richard Waldron
AU  - Cardozo,Nestor
AU  - Fisher,Donald M.
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Structural geology algorithms: vectors and tensors 
AV  - QE601.3.M38 A45 2012
U1  - 551.801/5181 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Cambridge [England]
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Geology, Structural
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - Rock deformation
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Problem solving in structural geology; 2. Coordinate systems, scalars and vectors; 3. Transformations of coordinate axes and vectors; 4. Matrix operations and indicial notation; 5. Tensors; 6. Stress; 7. Introduction to deformation; 8. Infinitesimal strain; 9. Finite strain; 10. Progressive strain histories and kinematics; 11. Velocity description of deformation; 12. Error analysis; References; Index; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - "Structural Geology has been taught, largely unchanged, for the last 50 years or more. The lecture part of most courses introduces students to concepts such as stress and strain, as well as more descriptive material like fault and fold terminology. The lab part of the course usually focuses on practical problem solving, mostly traditional me-thods for describing quantitatively the geometry of structures. While the lecture may introduce advanced concepts such as tensors, the lab commonly trains the student to use a combination of graphical methods like orthographic or spherical projection, as well as a variety of plane trigonometry solutions to various problems. This leads to a disconnect between lecture concepts that require a very precise understanding of coor-dinate systems (e.g., tensors) and lab methods that appear to have no common spatial or mathematical foundation. Students have no chance to understand that, for example, seemingly unconnected constructions like down-plunge projections and Mohr circles share a common mathematical heritage: they are both graphical representations of coordinate transformations"--
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ER  -