Structural Geology
Brittle Features

 

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Aerial view of Basin and Range.	Normal faults, SE California.	Conjugate normal faults.
Aerial view of Idaho-WY Thrust Belt.	Thrust fault, Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan.	Keystone Thrust fault, S. Nevada.
Thrust fault and fold, S. Oregon.	Aerial view of strike-slip fault, Nevada.	Left-lateral faults in siltstone.
Fibrous qtz-filled extension fractures.	Joints in granite, SE California.	Sheeting joints in granodiorite, CA.
Slickenlines on fault surface, Colorado.	Fault breccia in limestone.	Melange. SW California.

 

 

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