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Dr. R. B. Schultz
What is FAULT?
A break or crack in rock
along which movement of
the earths crust occurs.
Can be visible on the crust
or can be far underground.
Can be only a meter long or
they can extend for
hundreds of kilometers.
FAULT
KINDS OF FAULT
1. Normal Fault
one block can move
down and the other
can move up, or vice
versa.
occurs where forces tend to pull
section of the earths crust apart.
tends to follow the gravitational pull
on the fault blocks involved.
Normal Fault
KINDS OF FAULT
2. Thrust Fault
one block moves over another block
occurs where forces tend to push
sections of the crust together.
Thrust Fault
When thrust faults are exposed on the surface
overburnden material lies over the main block. They
are normally associated with areas of folded
surfaces and or mountaineous regions. The dip
angles of thrust faults are normally not as steep as
a normal fault.
KINDS OF FAULT
3. Strike-slip Fault
(Transcurrent Fault)
the movement of the
blocks is horizontal
known as the San
Andreas fault of
California. This fault
marks the margin line
between the Pacific and
North American
Plates.
Strike-slip Fault
Normal
Thrust
Strike-Slip
VALUING
Describe the role that erosion
plays in erasing or uncovering
evidence of faults.