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Classroom presentations to accompany Understanding Earth, 3 rd edition prepared by Peter Copeland William Dupré University of Houston Chapter 10 Folds, Faults, and Other Records of Rock Deformation
Deformation of Rocks
Deformation of rocks • Folds and faults are geologic structures. • Structural geology is the study of the deformation of rocks and the effects of this movement.
Small-scale Folds Phil Dombrowski Fig. 10. 1
Small-scale Faults Tom Bean Fig. 10. 2
Orientation of deformed rocks We need some way to describe the distribution of geologic structures. Strike: bearing of a line defined by Strike the intersection of the plane in question and the horizontal Dip: acute angle between the plane Dip and the horizontal, measured perpendicular to strike.
Fig. 10. 4
Fig. 10. 4
Dipping Sedimentary Beds Chris Pellant Fig. 10. 3
Cockscomb Ridge, S. Utah P. L. Kresan
Cockscomb Ridge, S. Utah Strike Dip P. L. Kresan
Geologic Map and Cross Section Fig. 10. 5
Stress (force per unit area) Types of directed stresses include: • Compression • Extension • Shear
Compression Action of coincident oppositely directed forces acting towards each other
Tension Action of coincident oppositely directed forces acting away from each other
Shear Action of coincident oppositely directed forces acting parallel to each other across a surface in a couple
Strength • Ability of an object to resist deformation • Compressive or tensile
Strain Any change in original shape or size of an object in response to stress acting on the object
Types of deformation • Elastic • Ductile (plastic) • Brittle (rupture)
Elastic deformation Temporary change in shape or size that is recovered when the deforming force is removed
Ductile (plastic) deformation • Permanent change in shape or size that is not recovered when the stress is removed • Occurs by the slippage of atoms or small groups of atoms past each other in the deforming material, without loss of cohesion
Brittle deformation (rupture) • Loss of cohesion of a body under the influence of deforming stress • Usually occurs along sub-planar surfaces that separate zones of coherent material
Factors that affect deformation • Temperature • Pressure • Strain rate • Rock type The variation of these factors determines if a rock will fault or fold.
Effects of rock type on deformation Some rocks are stronger than others. competent: rocks that deform only under great stresses incompetent: rocks that deform under moderate to low stresses
Tectonic Forces and Resulting Deformation Fig. 10. 6
Experimental Deformation of Marble Brittle Deformation Ductile Deformation Fig. 10. 7 M. S. Patterson
Types of folds (bent planar structures) anticline: older rocks on the inside anticline syncline: older rocks on the outside syncline (scale - from mm to tens of km)
Anticlines and Synclines Fig. 10. 9
Fold terms • axial Plane: the plane of mirror symmetry dividing the fold into two limbs • axis: line formed by the intersection of the axial plane and a bedding plane • horizontal fold: where the fold axis is horizontal • plunging fold: where the fold axis is not horizontal
Fold Terminology Fig. 10
Bill Evarts Fig. 10. 11
Symmetrical, Asymmetrical and Overturned Folds Fig. 10. 12
Anticline Axial plane Bill Evarts Fig. 10. 11
Asymmetric Folds Antiform Breck Kent Synform
Overturned Folds Phil Dombrowski Fig. 10. 1
Overturned Syncline, Israel Geological Survey of Israel Fig. 10. 13
Map View of Plunging Folds Fig. 10. 14
Oil Field at crest of Plunging Anticline Kurt N. Coonstenius
Axial Trace of Plunging Anticline* * Note Landers Oil Field on crest of anticline Kurt N. Coonstenius
Valley and Ridge Province P. L. Kresan
Plunging Folds in the Valley and Ridge J. Shelton, Geology illustrated Fig. 10. 15
Valley and Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains Fig. 10. 19
Raplee Anticline, S. E. Utah
Raplee Anticline on the San Juan River, Utah
Domes and Basins Fig. 10. 16
Sinclair Dome, Wyoming John S. Shelton Fig. 10. 17
Syncline Fig. 10. 18
Drape Fold over Reverse Fault, WY George Davis
Columns Formed by Jointcontrolled Weathering Terry Englander Fig. 10. 20
Joint-controlled Landscape, S. E. Utah
Faults Fractures in rocks created by earthquakes (hanging wall, footwall, displacement) • Dip-slip faults — normal — reverse • Strike-slip faults • Oblique-slip faults
Faults may be "reactivated" History of a fault may be very long. Previously developed weakness is the most likely place to break. Reactivation may have opposite sense as before. Active = 10, 000 to 100, 000 years Very important for dams and reactors
Dip-slip faults Motion of the fault blocks, parallel to the dip direction.
Classification of Faults hanging wall footwall cross section
Classification of Faults hanging wall footwall cross section
Normal Fault hanging wall footwall cross section
Reverse Fault hanging wall footwall cross section
Thrust Fault Thrust faults are low-angle reverse faults. hanging wall footwall cross section
Fig. 10. 22
Fig. 10. 22 a
Normal Dip-slip Fault
Fig. 10. 22 b
Reverse Dip-slip Fault
Strike-slip faults Motion of the fault blocks, parallel to the strike direction.
Left-lateral Strike Slip Fault map view
Right-lateral Strike Slip Fault map view
Fig. 10. 22 c
Strikeslip Fault Gudmundar E. Sigvaldason Fig. 10. 21
Fig. 10. 22 d
Large-scale Overthrust Sheet Fig. 10. 23
Keystone Thrust Fault, S. Nevada Cambrian Limestone Jurassic Sandstone John S. . Shelton Fig. 10. 24
Lewis Thrust, Sawtooth Range, Wyoming Kurt N. Coonstenius
French Thrust, Wyoming Mississippian Limestone Cretaceous Shale Kurt N. Coonstenius
Rift Valley Formed by Extension Fig. 10. 25
Wildrose Graben, Southern California
NASA/TSADO/Tom Stack Fig. 10. 26
Stages in the Development of the Basin and Range Province in Nevada and Utah Fig. 10. 27
Stages in the Development of the Basin and Range Province in Nevada and Utah Fig. 10. 27
1872 Fault Scarp, Southern California
1988 Armenian Earthquake Fault Scarp Armando Cisternas Fig. 10. 28
1992 Landers Earthquake Fault Scarp
Dating the order of deformation Use geometry: Inclusions Cross-cutting relationships Combine with fossils and radiometric dating