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Geologic Structures

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What temperature and speed is brittle deformation? Cold and Fast
What temperature and speed is ductile deformation? Warm and Slow
What are two brittle structures? Joints and Faults
What are two ductile structures? Syncline and Anticline
What shape are synclines? U shaped, like a smiley face
What shape are anticlines? A shaped, like a frowny face, upside down u
Which way do synclines bend? Rocks fold down
Which way do anticlines bend? Rocks bend up
Where are the youngest rocks in a syncline? Center Old on the outside
Where are the youngest rocks in an anticline? Outside Old in the center
What is a joint? Natural cracks or fractures in a rock DON'T move
What is a fault? Where two blocks of rock move past each other Can look offset from other rocks
What are the two types of faults? Dip-slips, Strike-slips
What is a dip-slip? Fault blocks slide up and down the slope
What are the two types of dip-slips? Normal and Reverse
What is a hanging wall? What is a foot wall? Top and Bottom parts of wall
What direction does the hanging wall move in a normal fault? What is the stress? Down Tension
What direction does the hanging wall move in a reverse fault? What is the stress? Up Compression
What is a strike-slip? Slide past each other
What stress is found in a strike-slip? Sheer
What does right-lateral and left-lateral mean? The direction in which you rejoin the fault To the right or to the left to rejoin
What direction is a compression stress? -> <-
What direction is a tension stress? <- ->
What direction is a sheer stress? Up and down arrows Slide past each other
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