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Deformation
HORIZONTAL
ROCK STRATA
-
Depot Beach,
New South
Wales
The Evidence
THE ROCKS
WERE
ORIGINALLY
HORIZONTAL
!
Strike and Dip
42
Map
view
42
Dip direction
surface
Dip angle = 42
Strike 90 from dip
Folds: Anticlines
Folds: Synclines
Folds: Neutral
plunging fold
The angle of dip of their limbs
Folds: Hinge and axial plane
Upright fold
Plunging fold
Vertical fold
Recumbent fold
Inclined fold
Asymmetric fold
Overturned fold
Folds: different types
Superposition
Anticlines & Synclines
Hangingwall Block
Footwall block
Dip of fault
Strike of fault
Fault line
Fault scarp
Faults
Most faults are inclined at an angle
measured from horizontal
Hangingwall Block
Footwall block
Dip of fault
Strike of fault
Fault line
Fault scarp
Faults - Classification
Joints are
fractures along
which no
appreciable
movement has
occurred.
Joints
to construction projects
Multiple joints joint sets
Columnar joints
Unconformities Missing record
Angular unconformity
Angular unconformity - Example
Angular unconformity
Making an angular unconformity