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650:Monroe, James S., and Reed Wicander.
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930:List of tectonic plate interactions
154:Wilpena Pound structural basin in
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197:. Some structural basins are
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769:Measurement conventions
715:Lamé's stress ellipsoid
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1379:Depressions (geology)
1297:Paleostress inversion
990:Strike-slip tectonics
860:Extensional tectonics
840:Continental collision
710:Deformation mechanism
611:, Argentina and Chile
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341:Eastern United States
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875:Fold and thrust belt
580:Great Artesian Basin
1307:Section restoration
1183:Rock microstructure
845:Convergent boundary
745:Strain partitioning
730:Overburden pressure
720:Mohr–Coulomb theory
355:Black Warrior Basin
306:Trinidad and Tobago
1384:Structural geology
1284:Kinematic analysis
940:Mountain formation
855:Divergent boundary
820:Accretionary wedge
696:Structural geology
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461:Powder River Basin
199:sedimentary basins
169:formation of rock
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42:Geologic provinces
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1178:Pressure solution
1173:Oblique foliation
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1043:Columnar jointing
703:Underlying theory
399:Los Angeles Basin
337:Appalachian Basin
328:Albuquerque Basin
189:, the inverse of
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810:Large-scale
781:Inclinometer
755:Stress field
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621:Llanos Basin
615:Paraná Basin
570:Cooper Basin
526:North Dakota
381:Denver Basin
291:Turgay Basin
244:London Basin
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1302:Paleostress
1188:Slickenside
1163:Crenulation
1116:Fault trace
1111:Fault scarp
1101:Disturbance
1086:Cataclasite
975:Rift valley
895:Half-graben
865:Fault block
850:DĂ©collement
597:Chaco Basin
565:Bowen Basin
509:Uinta Basin
474:Raton Basin
363:Mississippi
278:Netherlands
268:, northern
253:Paris Basin
218:groundwater
187:depressions
118: 0–20
1368:Categories
1330:Pure shear
1317:Shear zone
1274:Competence
1158:Compaction
1035:Fracturing
830:Autochthon
825:Allochthon
645:References
623:, Colombia
500:New Mexico
491:California
482:New Mexico
447:New Mexico
417:North Park
403:California
376:New Mexico
332:New Mexico
295:Kazakhstan
173:formed by
167:structural
1266:Boudinage
1246:Monocline
1241:Homocline
1221:Anticline
1203:Tectonite
1193:Stylolite
1168:Fissility
1145:lineation
1141:Foliation
1005:Syneclise
950:Obduction
920:Inversion
812:tectonics
639:Fold belt
546:Australia
282:North Sea
214:petroleum
177:warping (
1353:Category
1325:Mylonite
1256:Vergence
1251:Syncline
1153:Cleavage
1078:Faulting
628:See also
504:Colorado
478:Colorado
456:Colorado
434:Colorado
420:Colorado
412:Michigan
394:Illinois
385:Colorado
316:Trinidad
286:Scotland
224:Examples
183:syncline
175:tectonic
69:Platform
1226:Chevron
1213:Folding
1058:Fissure
1010:Terrane
955:Orogeny
935:MĂ©lange
870:Fenster
760:Tension
605:, Chile
541:Oceania
535:Wyoming
522:Montana
469:Montana
465:Wyoming
359:Alabama
350:Wyoming
274:Denmark
270:Germany
179:folding
1000:Suture
985:Saddle
925:Klippe
890:Graben
750:Stress
740:Strain
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284:, and
280:, the
276:, the
266:Poland
257:France
229:Europe
216:, and
195:trough
171:strata
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1063:Joint
945:Nappe
905:Horst
900:Horse
443:Texas
422:Basin
372:Texas
191:domes
105:crust
87:Basin
1236:Dome
1143:and
1068:Vein
1048:Dike
980:Rift
791:Rake
656:ISBN
524:and
513:Utah
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