Pic src: Fundamentals of Geophysics [William Lowrie]
Pic Courtessy: Earth Structure- An introduction to structural geology and tectonics.
The past 4,200 years have been officially classified as a new chapter in Earth’s history – the Meghalayan Age. Beginning with a global drought that had devastating consequences for ancient civilizations from Egypt to China, the new age is the most recent section of a longer period […]
Strain measurement: coaxial and non-coaxial strain Simple shear and Pure shear
Pic courtesy: Earth Structure – An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics [Second Edition][W. W. Norton & Company][Ben A. van der Pluijm & Stephen Marshak][2004]
The picture shows Island arc (oceanic and continental basement) and continental volcanic arc. Different kinds of volcanic arcs and backarc regions. Pic courtesy: Earth Structure – An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics [Second Edition][W. W. Norton & Company][Ben A. van der Pluijm & Stephen […]