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Thrust fault and fold
Thrust fault and folded pyroclastic rock, SE Oregon. Note that displacement dies upward along the fault (SrF-31).
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Strike-slip (right-lateral)
faults offsetting granitic dike, N. Wisconsin. (SrF-36)
Imbricate thrust faults in limestone
Imbricate thrust faults repeating brown ledges of Triassic Dinwoody Formation (SrF-32)
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Furnace Creek fault zone, California.
Aerial view of the strike-slip Furnace Creek Fault zone, Death Valley is the salt-covered valley in the background. (SrF-35)
Download ImageMinor thrust faults in core of anticline.
Minor thrust faults in core of anticline, SW Wales, UK. (SrF-30)
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Thrust fault and fault-bend fold in glacial sediments, eastern Washington. (SrF-19)
Download ImageLewis Thrust fault (at treeline), Montana-Alberta.
Lewis Thrust, N. Montana and southern Alberta. This fault places Proterozoic Belt Supergroup over Cretaceous sandstone and shale. (SrF-28)
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Imbricate thrust faults.
Imbricate thrust faults, repeating dark brown limestone ledges of the Triassic Dinwoody Formation, SW Montana. Note anticline. (SrF-24)
Download ImageKeystone Thrust fault, SW Nevada.
Keystone Thrust, southern Nevada, places Cambrian limestone (gray) over Jurassic Aztec sandstone (pink and red) SrF-26.
Download ImageKeystone thrust fault, Spring Mountains, Nevada
Aerial view of Keystone Thrust, southern Nevada. It places Cambrian limestone (gray) over Jurassic Aztec sandstone (pink and red) SrF-27.
Download ImageDecollement in limestone. Note that the rock is highly deformed
Decollement (detachment) fault in Cretaceous Limestone, SW Montana. Note the imbricated upper plate (SrF-25)
Download ImageThrust fault, Kyrgyzstan.
Thrust fault, Tien Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan –places Devonian sandstone over Neogene alluvial deposits. Note fold in footwall. (SrF-22)
Download ImageThrust fault, Kyrgyzstan (vertical).
Thrust fault, placing Paleozoic rock over Tertiary rock, Tien Shan Mtns., Kyrgyzstan.
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Taylor thrust fault, Kolob Canyon area, Zion National Park, Utah. (SrF-18)
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Thrust fault, placing basement granitic rock over orange-colored Neogene sedimentary rock, Tien Shan Mountains, Kyrgyzstan. (SrF-21)
Download ImageIdaho-Wyoming thrust belt.
Aerial view of Idaho-Wyoming Thrust Belt, view northward. (SrF-17).
Download ImageImbricate thrust faults, Montana
Aerial view of Thrust belt at Sun River Canyon area, (Distrubed Belt) south of Glacier National Park, Montana (SrF-16)
Download ImageThe Grabens area, Canyonlands NP, Utah.
Aerial view of the Grabens area, Canyonlands NP, Utah. Each canyon is a graben, bound by normal faults. (SrF-11).
Download ImageNormal fault, Death Valley, CA.
Normal fault at Badwater Turtleback, Death Valley National Park. Neogene Volcanic rock over green-colored Precambrian basement gneiss. (SrF-12)
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