Structural geology is the study of the deformation of the surface and subsurface of the Earth and other planetary bodies. This deformation reflects past changes in local and regional stress and strain, and can be used to reconstruct past crustal movements and dynamics. The primary goal of structural geology is to use measurements of present-day rock geometries to uncover information about the history of deformation (strain) in the rocks, and ultimately, to understand the stress field that resulted in the observed strain and geometries.
Literature
FOSSEN H. Structural Geology. 2016, Cambridge University Press; 2 edition, 524 S.
PLUIJM van der B.A. and MARSHAK S.: Earth Structure: An Intudaction to Structural Geology and Tectonics, WCB/McGraw-Hill. (1997)
GROSHONG R.H. jr.: 3-D Structural Geology, Springer (2006)
DAVIS G. H.: Structural geology of rocks and regions, John Wiley and Sons, New York. (1984)
Advised literature
PRICE N. J. and COSGROVE J. W.: Analysis of geological struktures, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge. (1990).
DAVIS G. H.: Structural geology of rocks and regions, John Wiley and Sons, New York. (1984).
PLUIJM van der B.A. and MARSHAK S.: Earth Structure: An Intudaction to Structural Geology and Tectonics,WCB/McGraw-Hill. (1997).
GROSHONG R.H. jr.: 3-D Structural Geology, Springer (2006).