Wiktionary Fault may refer to Faultgeology , planar rock fractures which show evidence of relative movement Fault dog , in dog breeding, is an undesirable aspect of structure or appearance that indicates the dog should not be bred Fault legal , in criminal law, one must determine fault in a crime Fault technology , an abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub system level which may lead to a failure Fault tennis , a serve that fails to place a tennis ball in the correct area of play Fault power engineering , an unintended electrical connection, a short circuit , may be an asymmetric or a symmetric faultFault computing , a type of interrupt in software or operating systems A penalty in show jumping applied in scoring horse and rider performance See also Active fault Defect disambiguation Error Mistake disambiguation disambiguation fr Faute ... more details
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. Explanations A fold geology folded rock strata cut by a thrust fault B large intrusion cutting through ... fault cutting through A, B, C & E . Methods for relative dating were developed when geology first emerged ... of cross cutting relationships pertains to the formation of Faultgeology faults and the age ... do not significantly change in volume , this is accomplished in two primary ways through faultgeology ...Geology2 For the scientific journal Geology journal File WasatchFault.JPG thumb 300px Students examining the Wasatch Fault near Salt Lake City , Utah . Geology from the Ancient Greek Greek , g , earth and , logos , study is the science comprising the study of solid Earth , the rock geology rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history ... of life , and paleoclimatology past climates . In modern times, geology is commercially important for mining mineral and petroleum geology hydrocarbon exploration and for evaluating water resources ... Geology environmental problems, and for providing insights into past climate change ... Main History of geology Timeline of geology Image Geological map Britain William Smith 1815.jpg ... geology ref The study of the physical material of the Earth dates back at least to ancient Greece ... that modern geology began in the Islamic Golden Age medieval Islamic world . ref The Saracens themselves were the originators not only of algebra, chemistry, and geology, but of many of the so ... works included the earliest writings on the geology of India , hypothesizing that the Indian subcontinent ... of mountains, the origin of earthquakes, and other topics central to modern Geology, which ... continuity three defining principles of stratigraphy . The word geology was first used by Ulisse ...?id Ip rAAAACAAJ Four centuries of the word geology Ulisse Aldrovandi 1603 in Bologna ref then by Jean ... to another source, the word Geology comes from the Norwegian, Mikkel Peders n Escholt 1600 1699 , who ... more details
Bronnant Fault is a geological fault in Wales . See also List of geological faults of Wales coord missing Wales Category Geology of Wales geology stub Wales geo stub ... more details
Bryneglwys Fault is a geological fault in Wales . See also List of geological faults of Wales coord missing Wales Category Geology of Wales geology stub Wales geo stub ... more details
Wikify date March 2011 Orphan date March 2011 File Junction fault 0112.jpg thumb The Junction fault The Junction Fault is a minor fault line in Pennsylvania . The fault line divides the Allegheny Plateau and the true Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania, United States . References See Faultgeology See http www.slideshare.net mist73lee geography of pennsylvania Geography of Pennsylvania Categories Category Geology of Pennsylvania tectonics stub ... more details
The Dent Fault is a major faultgeologyfault on the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North Yorkshire in northern England . The fault is named after the village of Dent, Cumbria Dent in Dentdale on the western margin of the Yorkshire Dales . The fault, or rather the Dent Fault System a collection of closely associated faults and folds, defines the western edge of the Askrigg Block , a geological structure which underlies the Yorkshire Dales. The fault is associated with the Taythes Anticline to its west and the Fell End Syncline to its east. Other than vertical movement on the fault, there has also been an element of strike slip movement. To the north, the fault links with the Pennine Fault System in the vicinity of Brough and with the Craven Fault near Kirkby Lonsdale to the south. ref Stone et al. 2010 British Regional Geology Northern England 5th edition Keyworth, Notts, British Geological Survey ref References reflist Category Geology of England Category Geology of Cumbria Category Geology of North Yorkshire ... more details
Refimprove date October 2011 Image FaultGouge.JPG thumb Salmon colored fault gouge and associated fault separates two different rock types on the left dark grey and right light grey . From the Gobi of Mongolia . Fault gouge is an consolidation soil unconsolidated tectonite a rock geology rock formed by tectonics tectonic forces with a very small grain size. Fault gouge has no Cohesion geology cohesion , it is normally an consolidation soil unconsolidated rock type, unless cementation took place at a later stage. Fault gouge forms in the same way as fault breccia , the latter also having larger clast s. ref Twiss, R.J. & Moores, E.M., 2000 6th edition Structural Geology , W.H. Freeman & co, ISBN 0 7167 2252 6 p. 55 ref Origin Fault gouge forms by tectonic movement along a localized zone of brittle deformation a faultgeologyfault zone in a rock. The grinding and milling that results when the two sides of the fault zone move along each other results in a material that is made of loose fragments. First a fault breccia will form, but if the grinding continues the rock becomes fault gouge. See also Shale Gouge Ratio SGR Fault breccia Faultgeology References reflist 30em Category Rocks Category Tectonics Category Fracture mechanics petrology stub de Kakirit nl Breukklei ... more details
The Tintina Fault is a large faultgeology strike slip fault in western North America , extending from northwestern British Columbia , Canada to the U.S. state of central Alaska . It represents the northern extension of the Rocky Mountain Fault in the northern United States . ref http www.blm.gov pgdata etc medialib blm ak jrmic usbm rpts.Par.31547.File.tmp OFR 88 78.pdf Mineral deposits of the Tanana Yukon Uplands A Summary Report ref See also Denali Fault Rocky Mountain Trench Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province References reflist coord missing British Columbia Faults Category Seismic faults of Canada Category Seismic faults of the United States Category Geology of British Columbia Category Geology of Yukon Category Geology of Alaska BritishColumbia geo stub Yukon geo stub Alaska geo stub Geology stub ... more details
The Ballenas Fault is a transform fault located on the seabed of the Gulf of California , extending through the Canal de Ballenas which separates the Isla ngel de la Guarda from the Baja California Peninsula . The fault is an integral part of the East Pacific Rise , linking the Delfin Basin in the north with a smaller spreading center to the south. The fault is considered the northernmost member of a grouping of four transform faults called the Guaymas Fault Guaymas Transform Fault System . The Ballenas Fault produced a magnitude 6.9 earthquake on August 3, 2009. References http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2009AGUFM.G23B0689M Earthquake cycle on the Ballenas Fault, Central Gulf of California, Malservisi et al, 2009 Category Geology of Mexico Central America plates tectonics stub ... more details
Omagh Fault is a geological fault in County Tyrone , Northern Ireland . See also List of geological faults in Northern Ireland References Map sheet 44 and accompanying memoir of the series of 1 50,000 scale geological maps of Northern Ireland published by Geological Survey of Northern Ireland. Lyle, P. 2003 Classic geology in Europe 5 The north of Ireland Terra Publishing, Harpenden coord missing County Tyrone Category Geology of Northern Ireland Category County Tyrone Tyrone geo stub regional geology stub ... more details
Futrono Fault is a NWW tending geological fault in Los R os Region , running from the northern shore of Ranco Lake through the areas immediately south of Maihue Lake , where it intersects the large Liqui e Ofqui Fault , and the east along the Hueinahue River . The volcanic group of Carr n Los Venados is located above the fault. LosR os geo stub geology of Chile coord missing Chile Category Geological faults of Chile Category Geography of Los R os Region es Falla Futrono ... more details
Lanalhue Fault is a fault once active in the Paleozoic located in south central Chile that cuts through Cordillera de Nahuelbuta . The fault takes name from Lanalhue Lake which overlies part of fault. The lanalhue fault makes up a major lithology lithological boundary in the Chilean Coast Range to which Cordillera de Nahuelbuta belongs. From Valpara so Region to Lanalhue Fault Carboniferous Permian granitoid s makes upp a large part of the bedrock of the Chilean Coast Range. These igneous rocks was once part of a proto Andean magmatic belt. South of Lanalhue Fault most of the Chilean Coast Range is an accretionary wedge formed by at least since the Paleozoic along the subduction zone at South America s western margin. It is speculated that the inferred Gastre Fault Zone , that aligns Villarrica volcano Villarrica , Quetrupill n and Lan n volcanoes, is a continuation of the fault in the Andes. Lanalhue Fault has a northwest to southwest orientation. geology stub Category Geological faults of Chile Category Geography of B o B o Region es Falla de Lanalhue ... more details
Image Striation fault.jpg thumb Striations observed in Peloponnese , Greece . Image PySlick.JPG thumb left Slickenside striations on a Pyrite coated fault surface In geology, a striation means linear furrows generated from Fault geology fault movement The striation s direction reveal the movement directions in the fault plane. Similar striations can occur with glaciation . Striations can also be a growth pattern shown on certain faces of certain minerals. Minerals that can include growth striations include Pyrite , Feldspar , Quartz , Tourmaline , and Sphalerite . See also Glacial striation DEFAULTSORT Striation Geology Category Geology geology stub ... more details
Image Fault trace geq00014.jpg thumb right 300px 1976 Guatemala earthquake Guatemala Earthquake 1976 . Along Motagua Fault Motagua fault trace where it crosses the Gual n soccer field. Note that mole track which is best developed in hard packed, brittle surface materials. A fault trace is the intersection of a geological fault with the ground surface, leaving a visible mark. The term also applies to a line plotted on a geological map to represent a fault. Source http earthquake.usgs.gov learning glossary.php?term fault 20trace USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Visual Glossary tectonics stub cartography stub Category Seismic faults Category Structural geology ... more details
The Berw Fault is a SW NE trending Faultgeologyfault in North Wales . It forms part of the Menai Straits fault System, with the Dinorwic Fault and the Aber Dinlle Fault . It has a long history of movement with early ductile fabrics preserved from a sinistral left lateral strike slip sense shear zone active at the end of the Precambrian and in to the early Cambrian . Any Caledonian deformation is unclear but the fault zone was reactivated in the Carboniferous as a NW throwing normal fault with Reflection seismology seismic reflection data showing the formation of a Graben Half graben half graben in its hanging wall. There are no indications of inversion during the Variscan Orogeny , but the fault was reactivated in a normal sense during the Permian and Triassic and again during the Cenozoic with a sinistral strike slip sense. ref name Tim cite journal last Needham first T. coauthors Morgan R. year 1997 title The East Irish Sea and adjacent basins new faults or old? journal Journal of the Geological Society volume 154 issue 1 pages 145 150 doi 10.1144 gsjgs.154.1.0145 url http jgs.lyellcollection.org cgi content abstract 154 1 145 accessdate 18 December 2010 ref See also List of geological faults of Wales References Reflist coord 53.22 4.34 display title Category Geology of Wales geology stub Wales geo stub ... more details
The Tamayo Fault is a major right lateral moving transform fault located on the seabed at the mouth of the Gulf of California . The fault is the southernmost transform in the Gulf of California Rift Zone . The fault links the Rivera Ridge segment of the East Pacific Rise in the south with the Alarcon Basin in the north. References http www.springerlink.com content g46r3730ng064648 The Tamayo transform fault in the mouth of the Gulf of California , Kastens et al 1979 http www.atmos.albany.edu facstaff wkidd Gallo etal84MGR.pdf Tectonics at the Intersection of the East Pacific Rise with Tamayo Transform Fault , Gallo et al 1983 Category Geology of Mexico ... more details
Breccia Cataclasite Faultgeology References reflist 30em Category Rocks Category Tectonics Category ...Image Fault breccia Keystone Thrust Red Rock Canyon NV.jpg thumb right Fault breccia of the Keystone Thrust, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area , Nevada. Fault breccia IPAc en icon b r t i or IPAc en b r i Italian for breach , or tectonic breccia , is a breccia a rock geology rock type consisting of angular clast s that was formed by tectonics tectonic forces. Fault breccia is a tectonite formed by localized zone of brittle deformation a faultgeologyfault zone in a rock. Origin Fault breccias are tectonites formed primarily by tectonic movement along a localized zone of brittle deformation a faultgeologyfault zone in a rock formation or province. The grinding and milling occurring when the two sides of the fault zone moving along each other results in a material that is made of loose fragments. Because of this fragmentation fault zones are easily infiltrated by groundwater . Secondary minerals such as calcite , epidote , quartz or talc can precipitation chemistry ... the tectonic movement along the fault zone continues the cement itself can be fragmented leading to a new gouge material containing neoformed clasts. Deeper in the Earth s crust geology crust , where temperatures and pressures are higher, the rocks in the fault zone can still brecciate, but they keep their internal cohesion. The resulting type of rock is called a cataclasite . Properties Fault breccia has no Cohesion geology cohesion , it is normally an consolidation soil unconsolidated rock type, unless cementation took place at a later stage. Sometimes a distinction is made between fault gouge and fault breccia, the first has a smaller grain size . ref Twiss, R.J. & Moores, E.M., 2000 6th edition Structural Geology , W.H. Freeman & co, ISBN 0 7167 2252 6 p. 55 ref Zones of fault breccia and fault gouge in rocks can be a hazard for the construction of tunnel s and Mining mines , as the non ... more details
The Whittier Fault is a geologic fault located in eastern Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County in Southern California , that is one of the two upper branches of the Elsinore Fault Zone , with the Chino Fault the second. Geology The Whittier Fault is a convert 40 km mi sp us adj on right lateral strike slip Faultgeologyfault that runs along the Chino Hills Chino Hills range between the cities of Chino Hills, California Chino Hills and Whittier, California Whittier . The fault has a slip rate of convert 2.5 to 3.0 mm in sp us per year. It is estimated that this fault could generate a quake of M sub W sub 6.0 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale . Whittier Narrows earthquake In 1987, the Whittier Narrows earthquake sequence occurred, with two large earthquakes, a 5.9 and a 5.3, happening within 3 days. No surface rupture happened during the quake, but there has been surface rupture on this fault within the last 10,000 years. The quakes caused USD US 350 million in damages. See also Puente Hills Fault San Andreas Fault References cite web url http www.data.scec.org fault index whitfaul.html title Whittier Fault work Southern California Earthquake Data Center accessdate April 27, 2006 California Faults coord missing California Category Seismic faults of California Category Natural history of Orange County, California Category Natural history of Los Angeles County, California Category Geology of Riverside County, California Category Whittier, California Category San Gabriel Valley California geo stub ... more details
The Chino Fault is a Faultgeologyfault that extends along the eastern Chino Hills Chino Hills range region, from Corona, California Corona in Riverside County, California Riverside County to the Los Serranos, Chino Hills, California Los Serranos, Chino Hills area of San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County in Southern California . Geology The Chino Fault and Whittier Fault are the two upper branches of the Elsinore Fault Zone , which is part of the is part of the trilateral split of the San Andreas fault system. The right lateral strike slip fault has a slip rate of 1.0 millimeter year and is capable of producing anywhere from a Moment magnitude scale M sub W sub 6.0 to a M sub W sub 7.0 earthquake. See also 2008 Chino Hills earthquake Whittier Fault Puente Hills Fault References cite web url http www.data.scec.org fault index chino.html title Chino Fault work Southern California Earthquake Data Center cite web url http earthquake.usgs.gov research external reports 02HQGR0046.pdf title The Chino Fault and Its Relation to Slip on the Elsinore and Whittier Faults and Blind Thrusts in the Puente Hills work U.S.G.S. coord 33 52 56 N 117 35 16 W region US CA type landmark display title California Faults Category Seismic faults of California Category Geology of Riverside County, California Category Natural history of San Bernardino County, California Category Geography of Corona, California California geo stub ... more details
The Chedabucto Fault is a Faultgeologyfault that divides Mainland Nova Scotia from the Minas Basin in the west to Chedabucto Bay in the east into the Avalonia Avalon zone in the north and the Meguma Zone in the south .The Avalon and Meguma terrane Meguma Zones are different because they belonged to different land masses that were widely separated from one another. The Avalon Zone was a part of Laurasia , while the Meguma Zone was a part of Gondwanaland .It marks the southern margin of the Cobequid Mountains .The Cobequid fault Cobequid Chedabucto Fault Zone is the most prominent geological feature of Nova Scotia. References http gsc.nrcan.gc.ca marine scotianmargin go e.php Geology of the Scotian Margin http www.accessmylibrary.com article 1G1 112129944 synopsis geology cobequid highlands.html A synopsis of the geology of the Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia http www.gov.ns.ca NATR MEB pdf ic ic47.pdf Cobequid Chedabucto Fault Zone, Nova Scotia http bbs.keyhole.com ubb ubbthreads.php?ubb showflat&Number 696572&site id 1 import KML reference http museum.gov.ns.ca fossils geol precamb.htm Precambrian Period coord 45 26 36.76 N 63 6 30.51 W region CA display title Category Landforms of Nova Scotia NovaScotia geo stub ... more details
The Serra Fault is the northernmost Faultgeologyfault in a zone of northwest striking range front thrust faults adjacent to and northeast of the San Francisco Peninsula segment of the San Andreas Fault , in eastern San Mateo County, California San Mateo County , California . ref name kennedy Kennedy, 2005 . ref The Serra Fault is positioned approximately convert 1.5 3 km mi sp us northeast of the San Andreas Fault moreover the Serra Fault extends for more than convert 20 km mi abbr on from Hillsborough, California the town of Hillsborough to a point near Daly City, California Daly City . Serra geology According to Kennedy Three angular unconformities within the Merced and overlying Colma Formation ..., illustrating that the folding is active. The Serra Fault is a low angle imbricate fault that has ... Formation. The Serra Fault was originally zoned as potentially active by the State of California ref California, 1974 ref under the mandated special studies for surface fault rupture. 1980s studies ... the Serra Fault is lacking. ref Earth Metrics, 1989 ref The Serra Fault is, therefore, not zoned for Special Studies by the State of California and is classified as Quaternary in age that is, fault displacement within the past two million years. Regional geology Age constraints for coastal exposures ..., generating uncertainty about the depositional history of these units as well as the timing of fault ... deposits, as well as younger Holocene inset channel deposits, show fault propagation fold growth and tilting related to activity on the Serra Fault itself. ref Yi, 2005 ref See also Crystal Springs Reservoir Hillside Fault Reference notes Reflist Kennedy, Drew G., LATE PLEISTOCENE TO HOLOCENE FOLD GROWTH ABOVE THE SERRA FAULT, NORTHERN SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA, CALIFORNIA , Sanders & Associates Geostructural Engineering, Geological Society of America 2005 California Division of Mines and Geology, Special Studies Zone Serra Fault , 1974 Sacramento, California Earth Metrics, 1989 Marc. Papineau ... more details
Oaxaca Fault lang es Falla de Oaxaca is a seismic fault that runs near Oaxaca, Oaxaca Oaxaca city, Oaxaca , Mexico . It runs north on the east side of the city from Etla Valley . Donaji Fault is a nearby fault that runs roughly perpendicular to Oaxaca Fault at its southern end. ref http redalyc.uaemex.mx pdf 568 56840401.pdf ref References reflist External links http redalyc.uaemex.mx pdf 568 56840401.pdf Geofisica International Univserity Autonoma de Mexico Central America plates Category Geology of Mexico Category Seismic faults ... more details
File TibetanPlateauTectonics.png thumb 280px Tectonic map of the Tibetan Plateau showing location of the Kunlun fault The Kunlun fault is a strike slip fault to the north side of Tibet . Slippage along the convert 1500 km long fault has occurred at a constant rate for the last 40,000 years. This has resulted in a cumulative offset of more than convert 400 m . ref cite web title The Kunlun Fault url http earthobservatory.nasa.gov IOTD view.php?id 871 work Earth Observatory publisher NASA date 2000 10 10 accessdate 2010 04 15 ref The fault is seismically active, most recently causing the moment magnitude scale magnitude 7.8 2001 Kunlun earthquake . ref name Klinger cite journal last Klinger first Y. coauthors Xu X., Taponnier P., Vand der Woierd J., Lasserre C. & King G. year 2005 title High Resolution Satellite Imagery Mapping of the Surface Rupture and Slip Distribution of the Mw 7.8, 14 November 2001 Kokoxili Earthquake, Kunlun Fault, Northern Tibet, China journal Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America volume 95 issue 5 pages 1970 1987 doi 10.1785 0120040233 url http www.ipgp.fr king DownloadsVarious 2005 KlingerBSSA2005.pdf accessdate 15 June 2010 Dead link date October 2010 bot H3llBot ref References reflist BR regional geology stub Category Geology of Tibet Category Geology of China ... more details
coord 38 38 N 109 40 W region US UT display title File Moab fault.JPG thumb 350px Looking closer and closer at the fault zone, reveals more and more faults at smaller and smaller scales. In this sense faulting is fractal . The Moab Fault , near Moab, Utah , USA is a well exposed and much studied geological fault . The Moab fault is an extensional fault that runs approximately NW SE, passing to the west of the Arches National Park . The rocks on the SW side of the fault have been lifted up forming steep cliffs of Triassic Wingate Sandstone Wingate sandstone and Chinle formation . At the north end of the Moab valley, there is a fault transfer zone, where the fault steps east. This zone transfers the displacement along the fault from one segment to another. Within this zone there is very dense faulting. This is revealed in the road cutting for U.S. Route 191 Highway 191 as seen in this picture taken from the nearby Arches National Park visitor centre. Fault damage zones have great commercial interest to petroleum geoscientists as they can dramatically affect the performance of hydrocarbon reservoirs. Faults Category Geology of Utah Category Seismic faults of the United States Category Geography of Grand County, Utah tectonics stub Utah geo stub ... more details
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