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DEFORMATION OF THE EARTHS CRUST Types of Deformation 1.folds 2.faults
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Deformation 1. Elastic – nonpermanent, rock returns to original shape 2. Ductile – permanent, rock flows or bends 3. Brittle – permanent, rock breaks
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Stress vs. Strain Rheology Deformation Force
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Ductile Brittle
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How Rocks Become Deformed 1.compression forces 2.tensional forces 3.shearing forces
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Stress vs. Strain Rheology Deformation Force
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Stress vs. Strain Rheology Deformation Force
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Folded Rocks 1.due to compressional forces 2.types of folds i.monocline ii.anticlines iii.synclines
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Monocline, WY George Davis
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Folded Rocks 3. anatomy of a fold i.limbs ii.axial plane iii.plunge
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Folded Rocks 2.types of folds iv.overturned v.asymmetrical
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Bill Evarts Axial plane Anticline Fig. 10.11
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Breck Kent Asymmetric Folds
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Phil Dombrowski Fig. 10.1 Overturned Folds
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Folded Rocks 2.types of folds vi.domes vii.basins
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Folded Rocks 2. effects of folds i.mountain building (orogenies)
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Fractured Rocks 1.How a rock breaks i.joints
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Fractured Rocks 1.How a rock breaks i.joints ii.faults
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Anatomy of a fault i.head wall (or hanging wall) ii.foot wall iii.fault plane
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Anatomy of a fault iv.strike & dip
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Types of Faults Strike-slip faults have movement that is predominantly horizontal and parallel to the strike of the fault plane –A viewer looking across to the other side of a right-lateral strike-slip fault would observe it to be offset to their right –A viewer looking across to the other side of a left-lateral strike-slip fault would observe it to be offset to their left Oblique-slip faults have movement that with components parallel to both the strike and dip of the fault plane Right-lateral San Andreas Fault
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Effects of faulting i.horsts and grabbens Graben Horst
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Wildrose Graben, Southern California
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NASA/TSADO/Tom Stack
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