Product Description
For the Second Edition of Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics, the authors have heavily revised each chapter while preserving the overall structure of the First Edition. The Second Edition also benefits from new artwork that clearly illustrates complex concepts.

New to the Second Edition:

New Chapter 15, "Geophysical Imaging," by Frederick Cook
Within Chapters 21 and 22, four new essays on "Regional Perspectives" discuss the European Alps, the Altaids, the Appalachians, and the Cascadia Wedge.
New and updated art for more informative illustration of concepts. The Second Edition now has 570 black & white figures.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 3 reviews)

Geologist

I purchased these book hoping it would be complete and accurate. I have noticed a trend amoung Geology Professors to produce books and lab manuals that are full of errors. I have often wondered if the Professor's know their stuff. This book is adequate in its coverage of the information typical of a introductory Structual Geology course. It, as most geology text books, is lacking in worked problems on mechanics and everything else. I would like to see this author expand his book in the tradition of K. A. Stroud's ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS and show complete solutions to all/many types of problems that an student may encounter as a Structural Geologsit/Geologist. Maybe they could add a supplement and title it STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY FOR STUDENTS. When I was in school, the only Lab Manual was the one by Ragan, 1973, and his explanations of problems, combined with his writting style, left me confussed and frustrated. I was too dumb to know he had many equation written backwards, which explains why I always could not seem to get the same answer I derived using graphical methods when I attempted to test my answers with the trig methods presented in his work. In this Strucural Geology text, I experienced some of that same old frustration from school on page 51, "Adventures with the Mohr circle." The explanation of how to calculate and draw the circle was too brief. Also, this would have been a good opportunity for the authors to take the student by the hand, in the K.A. Stroud tradition, and walk them through this problem. Also, it is my opinion that these two authors spend too much time discussing regional perspectives in Part E of their book. Most courses fail to get that far in one semester. It is subject matter best left to a course on tectonics, at a more advanced level in a geologist training. Many Geology Departments forget that they are training scientist and have the tendency to become secretive of their materials and sources, all for the sake of arrogance and that perfect Bell Grading Curve. This damages their ability to train students to be the best geoscientist possible in a changing world.
June 15, 2008

Very self-explanatory, almost hand-holding

which can help a great deal in a fast paced structure class! All concepts are well laid out, clear and understandable.
February 06, 2007

Difficult Book for Undergraduates with no experience

The book is an excellent book for advanced students of structural geology and faculty. The book may be a bit too fast for beginners. I personally like the book because i have a little background in structural geology. But I know undergraduate students who have struggled with this book. I feel this book should be read after going through books by Twiss and Moores or Davis and Reynolds.
I am in no way against this book. It provides an interesting reading for a relatively advanced reader and this book is indeed at present one of the very good books available.
December 13, 2004

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