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Structural geology covers:
1. Primary and secondary structures, formation of unconformities.
2. Stress and stress types.
3. Strain, deformation, and structural geology.
4. Mechanical properties and rheology of rocks.
5. Folds and folding.
6. Foliation and cleavage.
7. Lineations and boudinage
6. Fracture, faults, and brittle deformation.
7. Extensional structures.
8. Strike-slip faults, transpression and transtension.
9. Contractional structures.
10. Shear zones.
11. Faults termination and linkages, Transfer zones.
11. Salt tectonics