Shri Satsangi Saketdham “Ram- Ashram” Group Of Institutions, Vadasma
Group Name Patel Parth (130910106023) Prajapati Ravi (130910106029) Patel Karan (130910106021) Patel Bhoomi (130910106018) Vadaviya Anu (130910106032)
Deformation of rocks produces: Structural Geology Deformation of rocks produces: folds, joints, faults
Monocline - southeastern Utah
Northeastern California - note tilted layers
http://faculty.uaeu.ac.ae/~afarrag/physical%20geology/GEODE1.jpg
Wasatch Front NE of Salt Lake City, UT
Types of Stresses Compressive →☐← rocks are squeezed Tensile ←☐→ rocks are pulled apart Shear ↑☐↓ rocks are sheared
Responses to Stress Folding - produced by compressive stress on ductile rocks Joints, Faults - produced by any type of stress on brittle rocks
Folding Anticlines - where layers are warped upward Synclines - where layers are warped downward Compression of ductile rocks produces alternating anticlines and synclines http://piru.alexandria.ucsb.edu/~geog3/concept_illus/1015_ex1.jpg http://myweb.cwpost.liu.edu/vdivener/notes/faults_folds.gif
Strongly Folded Rock Note quartzite layer folded back on itself - Baraboo, WI
Joints Fractures in rock along which no movement has occurred - can form in response to any type of stress Often promote mechanical weathering since they provide access for water Yellowstone Natl Park, WY Devil’s Postpile Natl Mon, CA
Faults Fractures in rock along which movement has occurred Different styles reflect different stresses Canyonlands Natl Park, UT Merrimac Valley, NH
Dip-slip Faults Best seen in cross-section view (vertical offsets) Normal Faults - upper block slides down (tensional stress) Reverse Faults - upper block is pushed up (compressional stress) http://northonline.northseattle.edu/gel101tb/images/fault2.jpg
Faulting in Esker - near White River Jct., VT (??)
Strike-slip Faults Result from shear stresses - best seen in map view (horizontal offsets) Right-lateral vs. left-lateral http://epod.usra.edu/archive/images/carrizoplain.jpg
Bedrock Geology of Connecticut http://soconnell.web.wesleyan.edu/courses/ees106/field_trips/ct_tectonics/images/CT_bedrockgeology_fault_enh.gif
Bedrock Geologic Map of Massachusetts Features to Note: N-S “striping”: compression from E-W NE-SW “striping” in E Cape consists of recent glacial sediment http://z.about.com/d/geology/1/0/B/J/massgeomap.png
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