Diastrophism
... Transform faults are a special class of strike-slip faults. These are plate boundaries along which two plates slide past one another in a horizontal manner. The most common type of transform faults occur where oceanic ridges are offset. Note that the transform fault only occurs between the two segm ...
... Transform faults are a special class of strike-slip faults. These are plate boundaries along which two plates slide past one another in a horizontal manner. The most common type of transform faults occur where oceanic ridges are offset. Note that the transform fault only occurs between the two segm ...
Deformation - Bakersfield College
... • Sudden movements (failures) along faults are the cause of most earthquakes • Classified by their movement relative to the break (fault plane), and can be parallel to • Strike-slip, dip-slip, or oblique-slip • Types of faults • Dip-slip faults – Movement is mainly parallel to the dip of the fault s ...
... • Sudden movements (failures) along faults are the cause of most earthquakes • Classified by their movement relative to the break (fault plane), and can be parallel to • Strike-slip, dip-slip, or oblique-slip • Types of faults • Dip-slip faults – Movement is mainly parallel to the dip of the fault s ...
Stylolite formation process: Surface Roughness
... Jean Schmittbuhl (Geophysics Department- ENS Paris, University of Strasbourg) Fran cois Renard (Geophysics Department, University of Grenoble, France) Jean-Pierre Gratier (Geophysics Department, University of Grenoble, France) ...
... Jean Schmittbuhl (Geophysics Department- ENS Paris, University of Strasbourg) Fran cois Renard (Geophysics Department, University of Grenoble, France) Jean-Pierre Gratier (Geophysics Department, University of Grenoble, France) ...
More Earthquake Information
... a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another ...
... a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another ...
Tectonic Activity and Paleoseismicity of the Sagaing Fault Indicated
... simultaneously, an area of crust moving along the fault may at one time be subjected to transtension, and then at a later time be subjected to transpression. Overall, for a tectonic scenario of the major strike-slip fault, blocks (segments) of crust moving along the Sagaing Fault rise and fall like ...
... simultaneously, an area of crust moving along the fault may at one time be subjected to transtension, and then at a later time be subjected to transpression. Overall, for a tectonic scenario of the major strike-slip fault, blocks (segments) of crust moving along the Sagaing Fault rise and fall like ...
Jeopardy_review
... Buildings with this can absorb the earthquakes energy when the building begins to shake. ...
... Buildings with this can absorb the earthquakes energy when the building begins to shake. ...
Notes For Chapter 9 - Folds, Faults, and Geologic Maps
... • Dominant displacement is horizontal and parallel to the strike of the fault • Types of strike-slip faults – Right-lateral – as you face the fault, the block on the opposite side of the fault moves to the right – Left-lateral – as you face the fault, the block on the opposite side of the fault move ...
... • Dominant displacement is horizontal and parallel to the strike of the fault • Types of strike-slip faults – Right-lateral – as you face the fault, the block on the opposite side of the fault moves to the right – Left-lateral – as you face the fault, the block on the opposite side of the fault move ...
Hayman_Cheney_GSA2014
... swauk, beneath the Camas Creek thrust; tight folds are mappable across the graben. Dates from 4749, such as presented at this meeting, bound a thick section, but one with internal, mappable structure ...
... swauk, beneath the Camas Creek thrust; tight folds are mappable across the graben. Dates from 4749, such as presented at this meeting, bound a thick section, but one with internal, mappable structure ...
Open File - Earth Science > Home
... As Earth’s lithosphere moves, the rock in the crust is squeezed, stretched, and twisted. These actions put force on the rock. Stress is the amount of force applied to a given area of rock. Stress occurs when the lithosphere sinks and is squeezed by the weight of rock above it. It also occurs when th ...
... As Earth’s lithosphere moves, the rock in the crust is squeezed, stretched, and twisted. These actions put force on the rock. Stress is the amount of force applied to a given area of rock. Stress occurs when the lithosphere sinks and is squeezed by the weight of rock above it. It also occurs when th ...
Deformation of the Crust - Mrs. Severe
... in the center • Generally forms a valley • Can you think of examples… ...
... in the center • Generally forms a valley • Can you think of examples… ...
Poisson`s ratio
... decrease. Ph always has positive value and the negative sign in the compensation (R.H.S.) keeps this relation valid. A material that has a large bulk modulus could be imagined to consist of very tightly bound spring and ball materials which will quickly transmit a wave. Ideally, elastic deformation ...
... decrease. Ph always has positive value and the negative sign in the compensation (R.H.S.) keeps this relation valid. A material that has a large bulk modulus could be imagined to consist of very tightly bound spring and ball materials which will quickly transmit a wave. Ideally, elastic deformation ...
Deformation of the Plates
... The brittle-plastic transition Purely brittle behaviour in crystalline materials gives way, at sufficiently elevated pressures and temperatures, to crystalline plasticity. There is usually a broad transition between these distinct regimes in which the deformation is semi-brittle, involving on the mi ...
... The brittle-plastic transition Purely brittle behaviour in crystalline materials gives way, at sufficiently elevated pressures and temperatures, to crystalline plasticity. There is usually a broad transition between these distinct regimes in which the deformation is semi-brittle, involving on the mi ...
Spectrum of Fault Slip Behavior
... The Anime Sante church (1713) after the MW = 6.3 L’Aquila earthquake (2009) ...
... The Anime Sante church (1713) after the MW = 6.3 L’Aquila earthquake (2009) ...
Chapter 17 Mountain Building
... plate boundaries cause fracturing, folding, metamorphism, and igneous activity Rock deformation and mountain building are closely related ...
... plate boundaries cause fracturing, folding, metamorphism, and igneous activity Rock deformation and mountain building are closely related ...
The Earth`s Changing Surface
... that squeezes rocks together Tension - type of stress that pulls rocks apart Shearing - type of stress that pushes rocks in two opposite ...
... that squeezes rocks together Tension - type of stress that pulls rocks apart Shearing - type of stress that pushes rocks in two opposite ...
Ppt0000000
... Stress tensor The transformation of point P defined by coordinates P(x, y, z) to point P′(x′, y′, z′). We describe the transformation of the three coordinates of P as a function of P′ by ...
... Stress tensor The transformation of point P defined by coordinates P(x, y, z) to point P′(x′, y′, z′). We describe the transformation of the three coordinates of P as a function of P′ by ...
Forces in Earth’s Crust
... Stress: a force that acts on an area of rock to change its shape or volume 3 kinds of stress: tension, compression, and shearing Tension, compression, and shearing work over millions of years to change the shape and volume of rock. Tension: 2 plates move apart, pull on the rock, and stretch the rock ...
... Stress: a force that acts on an area of rock to change its shape or volume 3 kinds of stress: tension, compression, and shearing Tension, compression, and shearing work over millions of years to change the shape and volume of rock. Tension: 2 plates move apart, pull on the rock, and stretch the rock ...
Normal / Reverse / Transverse
... ● Compression caused by earth movements ● also known as thrust faults ○ section of crust is pushed over another section ○ one section of crust is buried ● can occur together with normal faults ● lead to fold mountains, e.g. Armorican fold mountains in Munster (Caha & Galtee ...
... ● Compression caused by earth movements ● also known as thrust faults ○ section of crust is pushed over another section ○ one section of crust is buried ● can occur together with normal faults ● lead to fold mountains, e.g. Armorican fold mountains in Munster (Caha & Galtee ...
Faults, Folds, and Landscapes - Cal State LA
... • Introduce basic terminology used in describing rock structure • Distinguish between types of fault movements and the landforms they produce • Discuss the folding of rocks and relate it to the landforms produced • Call attention to occurrence of regional deformation of the crust, in addition to mor ...
... • Introduce basic terminology used in describing rock structure • Distinguish between types of fault movements and the landforms they produce • Discuss the folding of rocks and relate it to the landforms produced • Call attention to occurrence of regional deformation of the crust, in addition to mor ...
Directed Reading A
... a. uplift. c. subsidence. b. deformation. d. uprise. ______26. The sinking of regions of the Earth’s crust to lower elevations is called a. uplift. c. subsidence. b. rebound. d. uprise. ______ 27. When the Earth’s crust slowly springs back to its original elevation, it is called a. uplift. c. subsid ...
... a. uplift. c. subsidence. b. deformation. d. uprise. ______26. The sinking of regions of the Earth’s crust to lower elevations is called a. uplift. c. subsidence. b. rebound. d. uprise. ______ 27. When the Earth’s crust slowly springs back to its original elevation, it is called a. uplift. c. subsid ...
Lecture 7 Mechanical Properties of Rocks
... Suppose we wish to measure stresses (both normal and shear) acting on any given plane besides the principal stresses. In general, this is a three dimensional problem and can be done using mathematical tensors and vectors. In a special case where we can assume that the intermediate and minimum st ...
... Suppose we wish to measure stresses (both normal and shear) acting on any given plane besides the principal stresses. In general, this is a three dimensional problem and can be done using mathematical tensors and vectors. In a special case where we can assume that the intermediate and minimum st ...
Deforming the Earth`s Crust
... The most common types of mountains are folded mountains, fault-block mountains and volcanic mountains. Folded mountains were once unstressed layers but then was compressed on both sides (horizontal stress) and became a mountain. Faultblock mountains are mountains that had tension and started to faul ...
... The most common types of mountains are folded mountains, fault-block mountains and volcanic mountains. Folded mountains were once unstressed layers but then was compressed on both sides (horizontal stress) and became a mountain. Faultblock mountains are mountains that had tension and started to faul ...
blocks of crust slide past each other with no up or down motion
... Erosion • Weathered or broken down rock and other ...
... Erosion • Weathered or broken down rock and other ...
Earthquakes
... feet is the footwall, and the one upon which you would hang your miner's lamp is the hanging wall. It is that simple. Strikeslip faults are vertical and thus do not have hanging walls or footwalls. If the hanging wall drops relative to the footwall, you have a normal fault. Normal faults occur in ar ...
... feet is the footwall, and the one upon which you would hang your miner's lamp is the hanging wall. It is that simple. Strikeslip faults are vertical and thus do not have hanging walls or footwalls. If the hanging wall drops relative to the footwall, you have a normal fault. Normal faults occur in ar ...
Laboratory experiments, high angular
... of differential stresses applied during deformation. Stresses averaged over each map are in reasonable agreement with the outcome of stress-dip tests. Third, we implement an elasto-visco-plastic spectral micromechanical model to predict the full stress field in a deforming olivine aggregate. An EBSD ...
... of differential stresses applied during deformation. Stresses averaged over each map are in reasonable agreement with the outcome of stress-dip tests. Third, we implement an elasto-visco-plastic spectral micromechanical model to predict the full stress field in a deforming olivine aggregate. An EBSD ...