14strike slip faulting
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Geology 3120 -Introduction to Strike-Slip Faults
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Outline Stick-Slip and Creep Andersonian Theory Kinematics Strike-Slip Faults on Continental Margins Strike-Slip Faults on Mid-Ocean Ridges
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Elastic Rebound Theory Imagine a fence across an activefault
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Elastic Rebound Theory Imagine a fence across an activefault Regional deformation occurs butthe fault does not break. The
fence becomes curved.
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Elastic Rebound Theory Imagine a fence across an active fault
Regional deformation occurs but thefault does not break.
Once the fault breaks, the fence issheared in half and marks offset
Note that far-field strain may limitwhether the fault accommodates all the
plate motion at its trace
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Creep (Aseismic Slip) Imagine a fence across an active fault
Slip occurs slowly on the faultcontinually over time.
Creeping faults do not store elasticenergy that might be released by
a stick-slip event (an earthquake)
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A short portion of the San Andreas fault creeps(Hollister California sits across the fault)
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Determining Sense of Slip
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Right-Lateral (Dextral)
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Left-Lateral (Sinistral)
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Arrow Heads ( ) and Tails ( )
Block moving toward you like an arrowhead
heading towards youBlock moving away from you like seeing the
feathers of an arrow
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Arrow Heads ( ) and Tails ( )
! Right-lateral or left-lateral?
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Arrow Heads ( ) and Tails ( )
! Left-lateral
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Arrow Heads ( ) and Tails ( )
! Sinistral or Dextral?
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Arrow Heads ( ) and Tails ( )
! Dextral
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Strike-Slip Faulting: EQs = dislocationsSee http://www.data.scec.org/Module/links/landrupt.html
Landers rupture propagation movies
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Strike-Slip Faults on Continental Margins
! Right-lateral (dextral)
N50 m
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Transtension
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Pull-Apart Basin
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Initial Releasing Bend
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Evolution of a Releasing Bend
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Normal (-) Flower Structure - Tulip
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Transpression
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Development of a Restraining Bend
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Initial Restraining Bend
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Evolution of a Restraining Bend
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Reverse (+) Flower Structure - Palm
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Summary of Flower Structures - Palms Tulips
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Oceanic Strike Slip fault: Transforms
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Strike-Slip Faults on Mid-Ocean Ridges
! What is the sense of slip?
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Strike-Slip Faults on Mid-Ocean Ridges
! Right-lateral (Dextral)
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Transfer Faults allowsimultaneous movement andequal strain on separatedstructures.
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Partitioned strike slip Oblique subduction thrust beltbacked by strike slip faults Sumatra is the perfect example
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Partitioned strike slip Oblique subduction thrust beltbacked by strike slip faults Sumatra is the perfect example
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Partitioned strike slip Oblique subduction thrust beltbacked by strike slip faults Sumatra is the perfect example
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Indentor tectonicsContinental collision
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Elastic stress transferWhatr defines shaking(magnitude, proximity, whatrock is the structure built on(hard better than soft)
Discuss elastic stresstransfer