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In these lecture slides, following are the main points that have been discussed : Fault, Bend Folding, Propagation Folding, Detachment Folding, Buckles, Multilayers, Trishear, Evaluating, Structural Style, Forelimb
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Faults and Faulting
Geol
Many diagrams are from Earth Structure, van der Pluijm and Marshak, 2004 2008
Topics
Faults, fault zones, shear zones (^) Terminology
Hanging wall
Foot wall
Fault Zone in Granitic Gneiss
Fault scarp after an earthquake- Nevada
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Plate Boundary-San Andreas Fault
Fault
Fence
Fault zone in Quartzites- Brooks Range
Small Normal Faults
Small Thrust Fault – Moss Beach, Ca
Types of fault
Oblique slip
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Fault zone breccia in Quartzite Brooks Range, AK
Hydrothermal Fault Breccia
Fault Melt
Mylonites
Undeformed granite Deformed
Young Mountains-Active Fault –Basin and Range Province
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Evolution of an Active Mountain Front
Triangular Facets on an active Mountain Front
Faults Symbols in Map View
Normal Faults
Thrust Faults
Decorations are on the hanging wall
Strike- slip
Fault on a Geological Map
What kind of fault is this? North
Map View of Faults Slip vs. Separation
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Faults from well data
Faults are shear fractures in an elastic solid
Fault Propagation
The longer a fault, the more displacement it has
