CONCEPT OF DETAILED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Experience has demonstrated that in mountain belts and other deformed regions throughout the world geologic structures and structural systems are marked by a high degree of geometric order, that the...
Magmatic Evolution and Differentiation: Fractional Crystallization
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## **Magmatic Evolution**
* The process by which a **parent magma** changes its composition during cooling, crystallization, and interaction with rocks.
* Leads to the...
Magma – Nature, Types, Composition and Generation
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## **Nature of Magma**
* Magma is a **naturally occurring molten rock material**, generated within the Earth’s crust or upper mantle.
* It is a **complex, multicomponent...
Concept of Stress and Strain
Stress
* Stress is the **force per unit area** acting on a rock body.
* Formula:
sigma ={F}/{A}
where $F$ = force, $A$ = area.
* Types of stress:
1. **Normal stress ($\sigma_n$)**...
Structure and Origin of the Alpine–Himalayan Belt and Evolution of the Indo–Gangetic Basin
1. Structure and Origin of the Alpine–Himalayan Belt**
### **Origin**
* The **Alpine–Himalayan Belt** is the world’s...
Concept of Continental Drift, Sea-floor Spreading and Theory of Plate Tectonics
1. Continental Drift (Proposed by Alfred Wegener, 1912)
* The **Continental Drift Hypothesis** states that continents were once joined together in a single...