1. En echelon extension fractures as precursors for a shear fracture
En echelon extension fractures as precursors for a shear fracture. Staining of K-feldspar by fluid-rock interaction as fluids flowed along incipient fractures, Øygarden, Norway
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2. Stylolite, bed-parallel, UT
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3. Stylolites in carbonate sandstone, San Rafael Reef, Utah
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4. Stylolite, tectonic, normal to bedding, formed during Laramide layer-parallel shortening, San Rafael Reef, Utah
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5. Single cataclatic deformation band, Goblin Valley, Utah
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6. Cataclastic deformation bands (left) and non-cataclastic (disaggregation) bands (larger offsets), Chimney Rock, Utah
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7. Shear-enhanced compaction band, Valley of Fire
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8. Pure compaction band, Chevron-type,Valley of Fire.
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9. Pure compaction bands and shear-enhanced compaction bands, Utah
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10. Cataclastic deformation band, Nubian Sst, Sinai
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11. Deformation band cluster zone, Goblin Valley, Utah
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12. Conjugate normal deformation bands, Goblin Valley, Utah
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13. Conjugate normal deformation bands and deformation band zones, Provence
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14. Conjugate reverse deformation bands, Arroy Grande, California
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15. Reverse deformation band cluster bounding hydrocarbon filled compartment in sandstone, ArroyGrande, California
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