1. Earthquakes and Earth’s InteriorEarthquakes are vibrations of the earth caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks that havebeen strained (deformed) beyond their…

1. FAULTSFaul 2. FAULTS A fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement along the fractures as a result…

1. IOSR Journal of Engineering (IOSRJEN) www.iosrjen.org ISSN (e): 2250-3021, ISSN (p): 2278-8719 Vol. 05, Issue 07 (July. 2015), ||V3|| PP 29-33 International organization…

CHAPTER . . Strike-Slip Faults Strike-slip faults are generally vertical faults that ac- commodate horizontal shear within the crust. Their traces on the Earth's surface…

Slide 111.2A Folds, Faults, and Mountains Folds and Faults Slide 2 Folds  Over millions of years, stress forces can bend rock like a ribbon or soft dough.  Steady pressures…

Slide 1 Faults: Basics Goal: To understand and use the basic terminology for describing faults. Slide 2 Basic Terminology Hanging wall and footwall: Come from 18th- century…

Slide 1Geologic Structure Slide 2 Structural geology Structural geologists study the architecture and processes responsible for deformation of Earth’s crust Rock structures…

Slide 1 Rider Structural Geology 310 2012 GCHERMAN Faults Some exercises adapted from Lisle, R. J., 2004, Geological Structures and Maps, Practical Guide, Third edition http://www.impacttectonics.org/gcherman/downloads/GEO310/GCH_GESymbols/GCH_GE_Geology_Apps.htm…

Slide 1 Earthquakes Marc Daniels Earth Science Slide 2 Lesson 1: Where Do Earthquakes Occur and Types of Earthquakes/Faults This will go over where earthquakes potentially…

Slide 1 Earthquakes An earthquake is shaking or movement of the Earth. They are caused by plate tectonics. Slide 2 Faults Earthquakes occur on faults. Faults are fractures…