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Motion detection applied to microtectonics modeling. High grade terranes fall 2005 1 superposed folds fold interference patterns are seen at all scales, from thin section to regional scale maps. Microtectonics deals with the interpretation of microstructures, smallscale deformation structures in rocks that yield abundant information on the history and type of deformation and metamorphism. Details of the changes in the second edition newest developments in microtectonics have been included in all chapters so that al chapters have been revised and updated, e. To understand structural geology is to understand strain and deformation, especially at a microscopic level.
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