Nicholas B. Woodward, Steven E. Boyer, John Suppe. Balanced Geological Cross-Sections: An Essential Technique in Geological Research and Exploration

Library of Conpets Cataloging-in-Publication Data, 1989 — 141 p. — ISBN: 0875907032.The first edition of these short course notes Woodward, Boyer and Suppe to present a two day
was prepared by Woodward and Boyer for the SE short course at the National Geological Society of
section meeting of the Geological Society of America meeting in Orlando, Florida, November 1985
America held in Knoxville, Tennessee, March 1985, (v. 11, 2nd edition). We are extremely pleased to
and published as Dept. of Geol. Sci. Studies in be able to participate in the International
Geology, v. 11. The Structural Geology and Geological Congress and have completely revised
Tectonics Division of the GSA subsequently invited the present course notes.Goals
Development of Balanced Sections
Fundamentals
Parallel Folding
Practical Techniques and AssumptionsTopical Sessions
Session 1: Ramps and flats
Session 2: 3-D Geometry
Session 3: Stratigraphic separation diagrams
Session 4: Cutoff-line maps
Session 5: Branch-line maps
Session 6: Thrust systems
Session 7: Sequences of deformation
Session 8: Projections to depth
Session 9: Fault-fold relationships
Session 10: Dip-spectral analysis
Session 11: Relationship between fault shape and fold shape
Session 12: Pin lines
Session 13: Sinuous-bed method
Session 14: Equal area method
Session 15: Restoration of a ramp
Session 16: Restoration of a section
Session 17: Simple duplex restoration
Session 18: Multiple working hypotheses
Session 19: 3-D Models and strike sections
Session 20: Seismic in terpretations
Session 21: Loose lines
Session 22: Testing published sections
Session 23: Retrodeformation of penetratively deformed rocks
Session 24: Computer Applications
Session 25: Non-layercake stratigraphy
Session 26: Grandfather Mountain window restorations
Session 27: Canadian Rockies section
Session 28: Wyoming section
Session 29: Appalachian section
Session 30: Extensional terranes
Session 31: Application t o petroleum explorationDiscussion and Summary
Balancing other people's sections
Drawing your own section