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Folds, Faults and Other Records of Deformation
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Significance to CCS Fundamental to trapping configuration Fundamental to trapping configuration Important for caprock integrity Important for caprock integrity
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Stress Force per unit area Force per unit area Compression Compression Tension (rare) Tension (rare) Shearing Shearing
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Or, principal compressive stress vertical
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Brittle Versus Ductile Deformation Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Brittle: material fractures (breaks)
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Brittle Versus Ductile Deformation Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Ductile: plastic deformation, no fractures Ductile: plastic deformation, no fractures
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Folded gneiss and marble
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Brittle Versus Ductile Deformation Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Ductile: plastic deformation, no fractures Ductile: plastic deformation, no fractures Brittle favored by: Brittle favored by:
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Brittle Versus Ductile Deformation Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Ductile: plastic deformation, no fractures Ductile: plastic deformation, no fractures Brittle favored by: Brittle favored by: low temperatures low temperatures
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Brittle Versus Ductile Deformation Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Ductile: plastic deformation, no fractures Ductile: plastic deformation, no fractures Brittle favored by: Brittle favored by: low temperatures low temperatures low confining pressures low confining pressures
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Undeformed Low confining pressure High confining pressure
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Brittle Versus Ductile Deformation Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Brittle: material fractures (breaks) Ductile: plastic deformation, no fractures Ductile: plastic deformation, no fractures Brittle favored by: Brittle favored by: low temperatures low temperatures low confining pressures low confining pressures high strain rates high strain rates Rock type Rock type
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Brittle diabase, ductile marble
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Mapping Geologic Structures Strike Strike Dip Dip
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Mapping Geologic Structures Strike Strike Dip Dip Constructing cross sections Constructing cross sections
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Folds Bending of rocks, often as a result of compression
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Anticlines and Synclines
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Raplee anticline and San Juan river, Utah
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Limbs, axial planes, fold axes
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Plunge
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Plunging folds near Harrisburg, PA
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Plunging anticline, SW Montana
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Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, Overturned Limbs of equal length Limbs of unequal length
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Overturned (almost?) anticline
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Structural domes and basins
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Faults and Joints Fractures in rock
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Joints No visible displacement No visible displacement Types Types Unloading (exfoliation) Unloading (exfoliation)
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Unloading joint, Yosemite NP, CA
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Joints No visible displacement No visible displacement Types Types Unloading (exfoliation) Unloading (exfoliation) Cooling joints Cooling joints
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Devil’s Postpile, CA
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Devil’s Tower, WY
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Joints No visible displacement No visible displacement Types Types Unloading (exfoliation) Unloading (exfoliation) Cooling joints Cooling joints Regional (tectonic) joints Regional (tectonic) joints
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Joints in Navajo Sandstone, Arches NP, UT
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Faults Visible displacement Visible displacement Hanging wall and footwall Hanging wall and footwall
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Faults Visible displacement Visible displacement Hanging wall and footwall Hanging wall and footwall Dip-slip faults Dip-slip faults Normal Normal
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Normal fault, UT
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Faults Visible displacement Visible displacement Hanging wall and footwall Hanging wall and footwall Dip-slip faults Dip-slip faults Normal Normal Reverse Reverse
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Faults Visible displacement Visible displacement Hanging wall and footwall Hanging wall and footwall Dip-slip faults Dip-slip faults Normal Normal Reverse Reverse Thrust Thrust
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Thrust: reverse motion with fault plane dipping <45°
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Chief Mountain Klippe, Montana
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Faults Visible displacement Visible displacement Hanging wall and footwall Hanging wall and footwall Dip-slip faults Dip-slip faults Normal Normal Reverse Reverse Thrust Thrust Strike-slip faults Strike-slip faults Left lateral Left lateral Right lateral Right lateral
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Faults Visible displacement Visible displacement Hanging wall and footwall Hanging wall and footwall Dip-slip faults Dip-slip faults Normal Normal Reverse Reverse Thrust Thrust Strike-slip faults Strike-slip faults Left lateral Left lateral Right lateral Right lateral Oblique-slip faults Oblique-slip faults
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Rocks/textures created by faulting Fault breccia (visible angular fragments) Fault breccia (visible angular fragments) Fault gouge (incohesive, fine powder) Fault gouge (incohesive, fine powder) Mylonites (ductile flow/recrystallization) Mylonites (ductile flow/recrystallization) Pseudotachylites (frictional melting) Pseudotachylites (frictional melting)
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Fault gouge
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Mylonite
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Pseudotachylite
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Features associated with fault planes Slickensides (grooves or striations) Slickensides (grooves or striations) "Drag" folds "Drag" folds
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Horsts, grabens, and rifts
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Wildrose graben, Panamint Valley, southern California
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Structural Traps for Hydrocarbons and CO 2 Fault traps Fault traps Fold traps
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Lander Dome oil field, Wind River Basin, Wyoming
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Structure Photos….
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Joints in Navajo Sandstone, Arches NP, UT
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1964 Alaska (M 9.2) Hanning Bay fault scarp on Montague Island. Vertical displacement 12 - 14 feet. (USGS photo)
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