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Rock Deformation: Folds and Faults Explained by Patricio Castillo Manquecoy is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document summarizes key concepts from Chapter 7 of the Physical Geology textbook, including: 1) Rocks can deform through folding, faulting, or internal changes; folds include anticlines and synclines while faults include normal, reverse, and strike-slip. 2) The attitude of planar geological features like bedding and faults is described using strike, the horizontal direction of the feature, and dip, the angle of the feature from horizontal. 3) Folds and reverse faults are most common in compressed sett
- Author
- Patricio Castillo Manquecoy
- Language
- EN