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Structural geology maps these features for hazards, resources and engineering.","purpose":"Let an agent explain geological structures, relay types, formation and mapping from structural geology sources, describe the named features and flag instances and hydrogeological aliases, and distinguish structures from rock types, landforms shaped by surface processes, stratigraphic units and tectonic plates.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Deformation or depositional geometry","Scale from mm to km","Mapped in structural geology","Controls resources and hazards"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What a geological structure is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is a geological structure, and how does it differ from rock types, landforms, stratigraphic units and plates?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about earthquakes, mapping, a specific region or groundwater?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"named","name":"Named features","description":"Named features.","findings":[{"id":"named-finding","name":"Named features","description":"Named features.","questions":[{"text":"What are the Hohe Tauern Window, Zentralgneis, palaeovalleys and eroded mountain ranges, and why are aquicludes different?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific feature?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"structural","name":"Structural geology","description":"Types.","layers":[{"id":"folds","name":"Folds and faults","description":"Folds and faults.","findings":[{"id":"folds-finding","name":"Folds and faults","description":"Folds and faults.","questions":[{"text":"How do folds and faults form under stress?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"windows","name":"Windows","description":"Tectonic windows.","findings":[{"id":"windows-finding","name":"Windows","description":"Windows.","questions":[{"text":"What is a tectonic window, and how does the Hohe Tauern Window reveal Alpine structure?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"applications","name":"Applications","description":"Applications.","layers":[{"id":"hazards","name":"Hazards","description":"Fault hazards.","findings":[{"id":"hazards-finding","name":"Hazards","description":"Hazards.","questions":[{"text":"How are active faults mapped for seismic hazard?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits seismic hazard?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"groundwater","name":"Groundwater","description":"Hydrogeology.","findings":[{"id":"groundwater-finding","name":"Groundwater","description":"Groundwater.","questions":[{"text":"What are aquicludes and aquifers, and how do structures control groundwater?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits aquifer?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"context","name":"Context","description":"Methods.","layers":[{"id":"mapping","name":"Mapping","description":"Geological mapping.","findings":[{"id":"mapping-finding","name":"Mapping","description":"Mapping.","questions":[{"text":"How do geologists measure strike and dip and build cross-sections?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which entry fits geologic map?","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"palaeovalleys","name":"Palaeovalleys","description":"Buried valleys.","findings":[{"id":"palaeovalleys-finding","name":"Palaeovalleys","description":"Palaeovalleys.","questions":[{"text":"How are palaeovalleys identified and used for groundwater?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits buried valley?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe folds, faults and other structures and how they form.","Cite geological maps and surveys when naming structures in a place."],"mustNot":["Treat a single named structure as if it defined the whole kind.","Downplay the hazard of an active fault in advice about building or living near it.","Present a hydrogeology term filed nearby as a geological structure."],"requiresHuman":["Using structural geology findings in decisions about building, mining or drilling."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Active faults put lives at risk; honest reporting of uncertainty can protect them."],"affectedParties":["People near active faults","Engineers and planners"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns it; national geological surveys map and record structures.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["National geological survey maps"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q61014863","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"geological body","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"structural geology","type":"related"},{"target":"fault (geology)","type":"related"},{"target":"aquiclude","type":"related","note":"misfiled alias"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.geological-structure","Wikidata: Q9346860 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9346860)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["main classes: folds, faults, joints, foliations, unconformities list","Hohe Tauern Window: Eastern Alps, Austria note - instance","registry parent: geological body note"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Geometric feature of rock bodies","Zentralgneis, palaeovalley, eroded mountain range, aquiclude, hydrogeologic texture, Hohe Tauern Window","Rock types are compositions; 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