This text looks at the rapid changes in work practices resulting from the personal computer revolution. The editor's own contributions reveal the inner workings of his structural research applications, which are used in hundreds of universities worldwide.
I: COMPUTER-AIDED LEARNING 3(102) A Computer Laboratory for Structural Geologists 3(10) Declan G. De Paor GeologiCAL Structures - Multimedia Presentation and Modelling Software 13(26) Patrick R. James Ian Clark Courseware: Rock Deformation and Geological Structures 39(4) Dave Byron Bill Sowerbutts A Structural Study of the North Sea Petroleum Traps Using HyperCard 43(8) Iain Allison Visualization of Basic Structural Geometries with Structure Lab 1 51(6) Declan G. De Paor Carol Simpson Using Graphics Programs to Help Students Understand Strain 57(18) Barbara J. Tewksbury Visualization of Deformation: Computer Applications for Teaching 75(22) Basil Tikoff Haakon Fossen Computer-aided Understanding of Deformation Microstructures 97(8) Carol Simpson Declan G. De Paor II: MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS 105(76) Image Analysis in Structural Geology Using NIH Image 105(18) Marcia G. Bjornerud Brian Boyer Synkinematic Microscopic Analysis Using NIH Image 123(12) Youngdo Park Image Analysis of Microstructures in Natural and Experimental Samples 135(32) Paul Bons Mark W. Jessell Calculation of Rock Properties from Pole Figures Using LabView 167(14) Johann Lapierre David Mainprice Walid Ben Ismail III: ANALYSIS OF ORIENTATION DATA 181(66) SpheriCAD: An AutoCAD Program for Analysis of Structural Orientation Data 181(14) Carl E. Jacobson A Computer Program to Print Inclined Spherical Projections 195(8) John Starkey Presentation of Orientation Data in Spherical Projection 203(14) John Starkey Microcomputers and the Optical Universal Stage 217(16) John Starkey Stereonet Applications for Windows and Macintosh 233(4) Declan G. De Paor Manipulation of Orientation Data Using Spreadsheet Software 237(10) Gustavo Tolson Francisco Correa-Mora IV: STRAIN AND KINEMATIC ANALYSIS 247(52) Modeling Growth and Rotation of Porphyroblasts and Inclusion Trails 247(12) Eric Beam Simulated Pressure Fringes, Vorticity, and Progressive Deformation 259(26) Kyuichi Kanagawa Flinn Diagram Construction on Macintosh Computers 285(8) Jay Zimmerman A Modified Data Input Procedure for the Fry 5.8 Strain Analysis Application 293(6) Jay Zimmerman V: MATHEMATICAL AND PHYSICAL MODELING 299(122) Review of Theorist: a Symbolic Mathematics and Graphics Application 299(4) Andy R. Bobyarchick Structural Geophysics: Integrated Structural and Geophysical Modelling 303(22) Mark W. Jessell R. K. Valenta Principal Stress Orientations from Faults: a C(++) Program 325(18) Bruno Ciscato A Spring-Network Model of Fault-System Evolution 343(16) Norihiro Nakamura Kenshiro Otsuki Hiroyuki Nagahama Linear-Elastic Crack Models of Jointing and Faulting 359(30) Juliet G. Crider Michele Cooke Emanuel J. M. Willemse J. Ramon Arrowsmith Bezier Curves and Geological Design 389(32) Declan G. De Paor VI: STRUCTURAL MAPPING AND GIS 421(92) Digital Terrain Models and the Visualization of Structural Geology 421(26) Robert N. Spark Paul F. Williams Computation of Orientations for GIS - the `Roll of Quaternions 447(10) Declan G. De Paor Computerized Geologic Map Compilation 457(14) Mark G. Adams Laura D. Mallard Charles H. Trupe Kevin G. Stewart Fieldlog: GIS Software as a Mapping Aid for Structural Geologists 471(6) Mohamed I. Matsah Timothy Kusky Computerized Cross Section Balance and Restoration 477(22) Richard H. Groshong Jr. Jean-Luc Epard Bitmap Rotation, Raster Shear, and Block Diagram Construction 499(14) Declan G. De Paor Subject Index 513