Chapter 10. Compressional Structures: Balancing and Interpretation*

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Introduction

The first edition of ASGM contained one chapter on structural geological methods. Since knowledge of structural geology plays a key role in interpretation and mapping, as discussed in number 2 of the Philosophical Doctrine, we believed the chapter was important to the overall content of the textbook. Because of advances in structural geology and balancing during the following decades, in this third edition we have expanded the one chapter into four separate chapters covering ...

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