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Strike-Slip Faulting. Outline Tectonic setting –Transform plate boundaries –Escape structures in the hinterland of plate collision zones –Transfer zones.

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1 Strike-Slip Faulting

2 Outline Tectonic setting –Transform plate boundaries –Escape structures in the hinterland of plate collision zones –Transfer zones in thrust belts or normal fault systems -Development of a strike slip fault -Strain within a strike slip shear zone –en echelon structures -Releasing bends and restraining bends

3 Plate Motions Transform Plate Boundaries

4 Transform: Link between other kind of plate boundaries

5 San Andreas System

6 Evolution of the Plate Boundary

7 Oceanic Transforms Age of the Ocean Floor map

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9 Oceanic Transform Fault

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13 Intraplate Deformation: Continental Collisions

14 Lateral Escape

15 Transfer zones in Thrust and Extensional Systems

16 Lateral Ramps in the Appalachians

17 Link between Two segments of a rift

18 Bends in Strike-slip Faults Releasing bend

19 Bends in Strike-slip Faults Restraining bend

20 Flower Structures

21 Positive Flower Structure Ardmore Basin, Oklahoma

22 Transverse Ranges-San Andreas Fault

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26 Development of a Strike-slip fault Clay cake experiments (Wilcox, Hardy and Seely, 1973)

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28 En Echelon Fractures Large strike-slip faults start as a set of shorter fractures arranged En Echelon.

29 En Echelon Fractures

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31 Orientation of Folds and Thrusts Right-lateral Strike-slip

32 Orientation of Normal faults and Veins Right-lateral Strike-slip


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