Table of contentsLecture #13- Faults and Faulting
Faults Bound the Major Plates
Rock Deformation
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Rock Behavior
Rock Fractures (Faults & Joints)
Joints
Joints and Weathering
Fault Scarps
Faults (Fairview Valley, NV)
San Andreas (central CA)
Fault Structure
Faults Systems
California & Nevada Topography & California Faults
California Faults & Large Ruptures
Earthquakes and Faults
Hypocenter and Epicenter
Rupture Size
Fault Geometry Terminology
Dip (& Hanging Wall/Foot Wall)
Strike
Slip
Faulting Styles
Slip Direction
Normal Faulting
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Reverse Faulting
Strike-Slip Faulting
SF ‘06 - Left or Right Lateral?
Oblique Faulting
Faulting Summary
Stress
Faulting and Stresses
Normal Faulting Stresses
Reverse Faulting Stresses
Strike-Slip Faulting Stresses
Stress & Faulting Summary
Faulting and Seismograms
Radiation Patterns
Faulting & Shear Waves
Radiation Patterns in 3D
Seismic “Beach Balls”
Representing a Plane
The Principal Mechanisms
Faults and Plates
Where are the Normal Faults?
Where are the Reverse Faults?
Where are the Transform Faults?
Example: East Africa
Summary
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Author: Robert Herrmann
E-mail: rbh@eas.slu.edu
Homepage: http://www.eas.slu.edu/People/RBHerrmann/
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