Fault blocks are very large blocks of rock, sometimes hundreds of kilometres in extent, created by tectonic and localized stresses in Earth's crust. Large...
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the fault. Fault breccia from Spain Earth sciences portal List of fault zones Anderson's theory of faulting Aseismic creep Fault block – Large blocks of...
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Mountain formation (section Fault blocks)
needed] There are five main types of mountains: volcanic, fold, plateau, fault-block, and dome. A more detailed classification useful on a local scale predates...
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In physical geography and geology, a horst is a raised fault block bounded by normal faults. Horsts are typically found together with grabens. While a...
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Look up Block, Blocks, block, blocked, or blocks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Block or blocked may refer to: Block programming, the result of a...
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Tilted block faulting, also called rotational block faulting, is a mode of structural evolution in extensional tectonic events, a result of tectonic plates...
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the angle of the fault plane is lower (often less than 15 degrees from the horizontal) and the displacement of the overlying block is large (often in...
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of a fault block that is analogous to a cellar door: the door is hinged on the west and is slowly rising on the east. The rise is caused by a fault system...
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animal communities). Uplift continues due to faulting caused by tectonic forces, creating spectacular fault block escarpments along the eastern edge of the...
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mountains of Italy and Greece are a combination of folded mountains and fault-block mountains running in a northwest–southeast direction. The Hellenic Subduction...
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