Page 1 Strike-Slip Faulting
Page 2 Outline
• Tectonic setting– Transform plate boundaries – Escape structures in the hinterland of plate collision
zones – Transfer zones in thrust belts or normal fault systems
• -Development of a strike slip fault • -Strain within a strike slip shear zone –en echelon
structures • -Releasing bends and restraining bends
Page 3 Plate MotionsTransform Plate Boundaries
Page 4 Transform: Link between other kind of plate boundaries
Page 6 Evolution of the Plate Boundary
Page 7 Oceanic TransformsAge of the Ocean Floor map
Page 9 Oceanic Transform Fault
Page 13 Intraplate Deformation: Continental Collisions
Page 15 Transfer zones in Thrust and Extensional Systems
Page 16 Lateral Ramps in the Appalachians
Page 17 Link between Two segments of a rift
Page 18 Bends in Strike-slip FaultsReleasing bend
Page 19 Bends in Strike-slip FaultsRestraining bend
Page 21 Positive Flower StructureArdmore Basin, Oklahoma
Page 22 Transverse Ranges-San Andreas Fault
Page 26 Development of a Strike-slip fault
Clay cake experiments
(Wilcox, Hardy and Seely, 1973)
Page 28 En Echelon Fractures
Large strike-slip faults start as a set of shorter fractures arranged En Echelon.
Page 29 En Echelon Fractures
Page 31 Orientation of Folds and ThrustsRight-lateral Strike-slip
Page 32 Orientation of Normal faults and Veins
Right-lateral Strike-slip