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Folding and Fracturing of Rocks

TS Must-Read – Sylvester (1988) Strike-slip faults

June 30, 2021
TS Must-Read – Sylvester (1988) Strike-slip faults

Strike-slip faults by Arthur Sylvester (1988) is a must-read paper for anyone, and more so for those who want to understand the mechanisms of strike-slip faulting. Although it mostly refers to the San Andreas fault, the most studied strike-slip fault at the time (and possibly to date), the contribution is a comprehensive review of the state of the art about strike-slip faults in general. Sylvester ...[Read More]

Folding and Fracturing of Rocks – 50 years of research since the seminal textbook of JG. Ramsay

May 9, 2017
Folding and Fracturing of Rocks – 50 years of research since the seminal textbook of JG. Ramsay
Janos Urai from RWTH University of Aachen presenting geo-art to John Ramsay. Credit: Susanne Buiter

John G. Ramsay1 wrote his seminal textbook on the folding and fracturing of rocks in 1957, almost 20 years before I was born (and I don’t count myself as young!). So why did I co-convene a session at EGU in 2017 to celebrate the book? Because the book, in many ways, expresses the legacy that John has given to structural geology. He followed it with a series of books of the same ilk – Ramsay ...[Read More]