Structural geology of Ganymede regional groove systems (60°N–60°S)

Regional geology of eastern Africa

Abstract Introduction Regional geology of eastern Africa Rukwa Rift Basin Rift stratigraphy, sedimentation and palaeontology Volcanism and geochronology Provenance, drainage patterns and uplift Methods References Acknowledgements Author information Supplementary informationIntroduction Regional geology of eastern Africa Rukwa Rift Basin Rift stratigraphy, sedimentation and palaeontology Volcani...

Structural Emergence in Regional Food Supply Systems

The modern industrial food supply chain (FSC) is extraordinarily productive but faces serious long-term environmental and social sustainability challenges. Unsustainable resource consumption (e.g., fossil fuels and water) and ecological degradation (e.g., agrochemical runoff, greenhouse gas emissions, soil erosion, wildlife habitat destruction, and biodiversity loss) are problems that have been...

The basics of systems geology

A Sketching Tool for Illustrative Structural Geology

We describe a sketch-based system for constructing an illustrative visualization of the subsurface. An intuitive and rapid modelling tool is defined, which takes as input user’s strokes and creates a 3D layer-cake model of the earth. Our tool enables users to quickly express and communicate their ideas directly using a 3D model. For sketching, we have created geometric operators that capture th...

Great challenges in structural geology and tectonics

Successful scientific theories provide theoretical understanding for reliable deterministic or probabilistic forecasting of events. In the past decades the volume of data obtained within the fields of structural geology and tectonics has increased enormously, but the theoretical understanding of the processes that generate these data has not advanced at the same rate. For example, after decades...