folding & faulting
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Folding & Faulting. Folding When Earth’s crust bends, folds occur Folding occurs under compression when forces act towards each other, such as when plates collide. . Folding & Faulting. Definitions Compression - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Folding & Faulting
Folding· When Earth’s crust bends, folds occur· Folding occurs under compression
when forces act towards each other, such as when plates collide.
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Folding & FaultingDefinitions Compression
· Is a process of forcing something into smaller compass, reducing it in volume by pressing it together
Tension· Is a pulling force, tending to stretch, to
cause an extension of a body or to restore the shape of an extended elastic object
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A fold is a bend in the rock strata.
Folding: Is a type of earth movement resulting from the horizontal compression of rock layers by internal forces of the earth along plate boundaries.
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A upfold are termed as anticlines
The downfolds are termed synclines
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Folding & Faulting
Parts of a fold : layers of rocks of continental crust bent in
upfolds called anticlines & downfolds called synclines.
Generally, anticlines form fold mountains & synclines form valleys
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Folding & FaultingThere are 2 main fold mountains systems in the world:Old and young fold mountains, based on their geological age.
A) The old Caledonian fold mountains (formed 400 million years ago)
B) The Circum-Pacific Region surrounding the pacific ocean (formed within the last 100 million years)
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Folding & Faulting amount of folding depends on force
used by movement of the plates. When folding is very complex, there is
little relationship between anticlines & mountains & between synclines & valleys.
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Anticline-Calico Ghost Town, CA
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Anticline in Utah
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Syncline
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Syncline
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Folding
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Folding & FaultingFaulting
Faulting occurs when Earth’s crust cracks:
1. under tension ( when forces are acting opposite each other ) causing layers of rocks to stretch & crack ; a normal fault develops & one block moves down relative to other block in direction of fault to form an escarpment
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The process by which rocks break and move or are displaced along a fracture
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Folding & Faulting A – Hanging wall B - Footwall
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Hanging wall in Hanging Wall State Park, North Carolina
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Footwall - Bolivia
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Folding & FaultingTypes of faults - NORMAL FAULT
The movement of a normal fault causes the hanging wall to move down relative to the footwall.
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Normal Fault – Notice how the hanging wall has slid down (on the left) at the fault. Match the dark layers to track the movement.
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Folding & FaultingTypes of faults - REVERSE FAULT
A reverse fault causes the hanging wall to move up relative to the footwall.
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Reverse Fault – Notice how the foot wall (on the left) has slid down at the fault. Match the brown colored layers to track the movement.
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Folding & FaultingTypes of faults - STRIKE SLIP FAULT
A strike slip fault occurs when opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally.
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Strike slip Fault – Notice how the ground no longer matches at the fault.
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