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1 Who’s FAULT is it? Picture and Images of Different Types of Faults

2 1. Strike Slip Fault

3 San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain, central California (Photo by Robert E. Wallace)

4 San Andreas fault Photo by Robert E. Wallace)

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6 Boundary? Stress?

7 Transform Boundary, Shearing Stress

8 More evidence of lateral movement

9 Offset Fence - San Andreas Fault California Photo by Jim Mueller

10 2. REVERSE FAULT(compression) Hanging Wall Foot Wall

11 A reverse fault that also has folded parts of a mountain found in Canada. Photo By Rick Allmendinger

12 Reverse fault (left of center) in marble, Brazil.

13 Reverse fault in the Catskills

14 Reverse fault in the Alps

15 A Reverse Fault in the Andes Mountains, Chile. Photo By Rick Allmendinger

16 3. NORMAL FAULT

17 A Normal Fault Location : Marble Falls, Texas

18 HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS IS A NORMAL FAULT AND NOT A REVERSE??

19 LOOK AT THE RED LINE!!!!!

20 Divergent Boundary Divergent Boundary

21 More photos of Normal Faults Lion Mountain, Texas

22 The Great Rift Valley, Africa

23 Earthquake Trail in Kilauea, Hawaii

24 Photo by Henry Johnson Fold - Location Rainbow Gap, Virginia ANTICLINE

25 Photo by Duncan Heron Fold - Location West Virginia SYNCLINE

26 http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/e arth/tectonics/GRAPHICS/animatio ns/diverg.gif http://observe.arc.nasa.gov/nasa/e arth/tectonics/GRAPHICS/animatio ns/diverg.gif


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