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title: Structural Geology
description: This branch of geology investigates the deformation of Earth's crust and the resulting geological structures. Learners will analyze faults, folds, and joints to reconstruct tectonic forces and locate underground resources like water and hydrocarbons.
category: sciences
subcategory: earth-and-environmental-science
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/structural-geology
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# Structural Geology

This branch of geology investigates the deformation of Earth's crust and the resulting geological structures. Learners will analyze faults, folds, and joints to reconstruct tectonic forces and locate underground resources like water and hydrocarbons.

## Available Resources

1 Books • 3 Websites

## Websites

### 1. structuralgeology.org

StructuralGeology.org is an online educational resource for learning about structural geology. It provides tutorials and reference articles on rock deformation, faults and folds, and tectonic processes, along with visual examples and case studies.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://structuralgeology.org

**Tags:** websites, science-research, earth-science

### 2. visiblegeology.com

Visible Geology is an educational resource that uses visual explanations to teach structural geology concepts, including faults, folds, and rock deformation, with diagrams and tutorials.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://visiblegeology.com

**Tags:** websites, science-research, earth-science

### 3. tectonics.org

tectonics.org is a resource hub dedicated to structural geology and tectonics, offering accessible explanations of faulting, deformation, plate tectonics, and crustal processes. The site provides articles, visual diagrams, case studies, and references to foundational papers and datasets for students and researchers.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://tectonics.org

**Tags:** websites, science-research, earth-science

## Books

### 1. Structural Geology

**Author:** Haakon Fossen

Fossen's Cambridge textbook on rock deformation: stress and strain, folds, faults, shear zones, fabrics, and the mechanics behind them. Working through it, a reader learns to describe deformed rocks quantitatively and reconstruct the tectonic history recorded in field structures.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521516641?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** structural-geology, rock-deformation, faults, folds, stress-and-strain, tectonics

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