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Geological Structures Flashcards

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Faults

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Faults are fractures which have had displacement of the rocks among them

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Features of faults

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Earth movement 
Faults breccia
Faults gouge
Fault drag
Slickensides
Veins
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Folds

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Upward anticlines or downward sync lines
Gentle moderate or strong
Rounded or angular

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Escarpments

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Asymmetric hills of dipping beds of strong rock exposed by differential erosion of weaker rocks above and below

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Succession of rocks

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Older rock below younger exposed by erosion

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