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The geometrical data for structural interpretation in geology become available through plotting the attitude of planar or linear structures and textures, including both those which being visible to the naked eye may be mapped in the field, and those that can be determined only under the microscope, and must accordingly be studied in the laboratory. In this chapter we shall deal with macro-structures, and later (Chapter XIII) with structural petrology, which latter, although it does include reference to macro-structures, is more particularly concerned with those that are seen under the microscope.
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Hills, E.S. (1972). Planar and linear structures and jointing. In: Elements of Structural Geology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5843-2_6
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