Wiktionary Fault may refer to Faultgeology , planar rock fractures which show evidence of relative movement Fault dog , in dog breeding, is an undesirable aspect of structure or appearance that indicates the dog should not be bred Fault legal , in criminal law, one must determine fault in a crime Fault technology , an abnormal condition or defect at the component, equipment, or sub system level which may lead to a failure Fault tennis , a serve that fails to place a tennis ball in the correct area of play Fault power engineering , an unintended electrical connection, a short circuit , may be an asymmetric or a symmetric faultFault computing , a type of interrupt in software or operating systems A penalty in show jumping applied in scoring horse and rider performance See also Defect disambiguation Error Mistake disambiguation disambig fr Faute ... more details
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For the scientific journal Geology journal File WasatchFault.JPG thumb 300px Students examining the Wasatch Fault near Salt Lake City , Utah . Geology from the Ancient Greek Greek , g , earth and ... structures. Explanations A fold geology folded rock strata cut by a thrust fault B large intrusion ... dikes . The principle of cross cutting relationships pertains to the formation of Faultgeology faults ... , this is accomplished in two primary ways through faultgeology faulting and fold geology folding ... and changed. Geology provides primary evidence for plate tectonics , the history of life and evolution , and paleoclimatology past climates . In modern times, geology is commercially important for mining mineral and petroleum geology hydrocarbon exploration, evaluating water resources , is publicly ... Geology environmental problems, and understanding past climate change , plays an essential role in geotechnical engineering , and is a major academic discipline . History Main History of geology ... that changed the world William Smith and the birth of modern geology ref The study of the physical ... scholars, such as Fielding H. Garrison , are of the opinion that modern geology began in the Islamic ... quote The Saracen s themselves were the originators not only of algebra , chemistry , and geology, but of many ... Islam Muslim geologists , whose works included the earliest writings on the geology of India ... of earthquakes, and other topics central to modern Geology, which provided an essential foundation ... of lateral continuity three defining principles of stratigraphy . The word geology was first used ... essaybooks earth p hutton.html James Hutton The Founder of Modern Geology , American Museum of Natural ... of Geology , ref Cite book isbn 9780226497976 author Charles Lyell. year 1991 publisher University of Chicago Press location Chicago title Principles of geology ref in 1830. The book, which influenced ..., the idea was not widely accepted at the time. Much of 19th century geology revolved ... more details
The Dent Fault is a major faultgeologyfault on the boundary between the counties of Cumbria and North Yorkshire in northern England . The fault is named for the village of Dent, Cumbria Dent in Dentdale on the western margin of the Yorkshire Dales . The fault, or rather the Dent Fault System a collection of closely associated faults and folds, defines the western edge of the Askrigg Block , a geological structure which underlies the Yorkshire Dales. The fault is associated with the Taythes Anticline to its west and the Fell End Syncline to its east. Other than vertical movement on the fault, there has also been an element of strike slip movement. To the north, the fault links with the Pennine Fault System in the vicinity of Brough and with the Craven Fault near Kirkby Lonsdale to the south. ref Stone et al. 2010 British Regional Geology Northern England 5th edition Keyworth, Notts, British Geological Survey ref References reflist Category Geology of England Category Geology of Cumbria Category Geology of North Yorkshire ... more details
Bronnant Fault is a geological fault in Wales . See also List of geological faults of Wales coord missing Wales Category Geology of Wales geology stub Wales geo stub ... more details
Bryneglwys Fault is a geological fault in Wales . See also List of geological faults of Wales coord missing Wales Category Geology of Wales geology stub Wales geo stub ... more details
Wikify date March 2011 Orphan date March 2011 File Junction fault 0112.jpg thumb The Junction fault The Junction Fault is a minor fault line in Pennsylvania. The fault line divides the Allegheny Plateau and the true Appalachian Mountains in Pennsylvania, United States References See Faultgeology See http www.slideshare.net mist73lee geography of pennsylvania Geography of Pennsylvania Categories Category Geology ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2008 Image FaultGouge.JPG thumb Salmon colored fault gouge and associated fault separates two different rock types on the left dark grey and right light grey . From the Gobi of Mongolia . Fault gouge is an consolidation soil unconsolidated tectonite a rock geology rock formed by tectonics tectonic forces with a very small grain size. Fault gouge has no cohesion , it is normally an consolidation soil unconsolidated rock type, unless cementation took place at a later stage. Fault gouge forms in the same way as fault breccia , the latter also having larger clast s. ref Twiss, R.J. & Moores, E.M., 2000 6 sup th sup edition Structural Geology , W.H. Freeman & co, ISBN 0 7167 2252 6 p. 55 ref Origin Fault gouge forms by tectonic movement along a localized zone of brittle deformation a faultgeologyfault zone in a rock. The grinding and milling that results when the two sides of the fault zone move along each other results in a material that is made of loose fragments. First a fault breccia will form, but if the grinding continues the rock becomes fault gouge. See also Shale Gouge Ratio SGR Fault breccia Faultgeology References references Category Rocks Category Tectonics Category Fracture mechanics petrology stub de Kakirit nl Breukklei ... more details
The Ballenas Fault is a transform fault located on the seabed of the Gulf of California , extending through the Canal de Ballenas which separates the Isla ngel de la Guarda from the Baja California Peninsula . The fault is an integral part of the East Pacific Rise , linking the Delfin Basin in the north with a smaller spreading center to the south. The fault is considered the northernmost member of a grouping of four transform faults called the Guaymas Fault Guaymas Transform Fault System . The Ballenas Fault produced a magnitude 6.9 earthquake on August 3, 2009. References http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2009AGUFM.G23B0689M Earthquake cycle on the Ballenas Fault, Central Gulf of California, Malservisi et al, 2009 Category Geology of Mexico tectonics stub ... more details
The Tintina Fault is a large faultgeology strike slip fault in western North America , extending from northwestern British Columbia , Canada to the U.S. state of central Alaska . It represents the northern extension of the Rocky Mountain Fault in the northern United States . ref http www.blm.gov pgdata etc medialib blm ak jrmic usbm rpts.Par.31547.File.tmp OFR 88 78.pdf Mineral deposits of the Tanana Yukon Uplands A Summary Report ref See also Denali Fault Rocky Mountain Trench Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province References reflist coord missing Canada Category Seismic faults of Canada Category Seismic faults of the United States Category Geology of British Columbia Category Geology of Yukon Category Geology of Alaska BritishColumbia geo stub Yukon geo stub Alaska geo stub Geology stub ... more details
Image Fault trace geq00014.jpg thumb right 300px 1976 Guatemala earthquake Guatemala Earthquake 1976 . Along Motagua Fault Motagua fault trace where it crosses the Gual n soccer field. Note that mole track which is best developed in hard packed, brittle surface materials. A fault trace is the intersection of a geological fault with the ground surface, leaving a visible mark. The term also applies to a line plotted on a geological map to represent a fault. Source http earthquake.usgs.gov learning glossary.php?term fault 20trace USGS Earthquake Hazards Program Visual Glossary tectonics stub cartography stub Category Seismic faults Category Structural geology ... more details
The Tamayo Fault is a major right lateral moving transform fault located on the seabed at the mouth of the Gulf of California . The fault is the southernmost transform in the Gulf of California Rift Zone . The fault links the Rivera Ridge segment of the East Pacific Rise in the south with the Alarcon Basin in the north. References http www.springerlink.com content g46r3730ng064648 The Tamayo transform fault in the mouth of the Gulf of California , Kastens et al 1979 http www.atmos.albany.edu facstaff wkidd Gallo etal84MGR.pdf Tectonics at the Intersection of the East Pacific Rise with Tamayo Transform Fault , Gallo et al 1983 Category Geology of Mexico ... more details
Omagh Fault is a geological fault in County Tyrone , Northern Ireland . See also List of geological faults in Northern Ireland References Map sheet 44 and accompanying memoir of the series of 1 50,000 scale geological maps of Northern Ireland published by Geological Survey of Northern Ireland. Lyle, P. 2003 Classic geology in Europe 5 The north of Ireland Terra Publishing, Harpenden coord missing County Tyrone Category Geology of Northern Ireland Category County Tyrone Tyrone geo stub regional geology stub ... more details
Futrono Fault is a NWW tending geological fault in Los R os Region , running from the northern shore of Ranco Lake through the areas immediately south of Maihue Lake , where it intersects the large Liqui e Ofqui Fault , and the east along the Hueinahue River . The volcanic group of Carr n Los Venados is located above the fault. LosR os geo stub geology of Chile coord missing Chile Category Geological faults of Chile Category Geography of Los R os Region ... more details
Geology , W.H. Freeman & co, ISBN 0 7167 2252 6 p. 55 ref Zones of fault breccia and fault gouge in rocks ...Image Fault breccia Keystone Thrust Red Rock Canyon NV.jpg thumb right Fault breccia of the Keystone Thrust, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area , Nevada. Fault breccia , or tectonic breccia , is a breccia a rock geology rock type consisting of angular clast s, pron en br t i , IPA en br i , Italian for breach that was formed by tectonics tectonic forces. Fault breccia is a tectonite formed by localized zone of brittle deformation a faultgeologyfault zone in a rock. Origin Fault breccias are tectonites formed primarily by tectonic movement along a localized zone of brittle deformation a faultgeologyfault zone in a rock formation or province. The grinding and milling occurring when the two sides of the fault zone moving along each other results in a material that is made of loose fragments. Because of this fragmentation fault zones are easily infiltrated by groundwater . Secondary minerals such as calcite , epidote , quartz or talc can precipitation chemistry precipitate from the circulating groundwater filling the voids and cementing the rock. However, when the tectonic movement along the fault zone continues the cement itself can be fragmented leading to a new gouge material containing neoformed clasts. Deeper in the Earth s crust geology crust , where temperatures and pressures are higher, the rocks in the fault zone can still brecciate, but they keep their internal cohesion. The resulting type of rock is called a cataclasite . Properties Fault breccia has no cohesion , it is normally an consolidation soil unconsolidated rock type, unless cementation took place at a later stage. Sometimes a distinction is made between fault gouge and fault breccia, the first ... form weak places in the rock where a tunnel can collapse more easily. See also Breccia Cataclasite Faultgeology References references Category Rocks Category Tectonics Category Breccias petrology stub ... more details
The Berw Fault is a SW NE trending Faultgeologyfault in North Wales . It forms part of the Menai Straits fault System, with the Dinorwic Fault and the Aber Dinlle Fault . It has a long history of movement with early ductile fabrics preserved from a sinistral left lateral strike slip sense shear zone active at the end of the Precambrian and in to the early Cambrian . Any Caledonian deformation is unclear but the fault zone was reactivated in the Carboniferous as a NW throwing normal fault with Reflection seismology seismic reflection data showing the formation of a Graben Half graben half graben in its hanging wall. There are no indications of inversion during the Variscan Orogeny , but the fault was reactivated in a normal sense during the Permian and Triassic and again during the Cenozoic with a sinistral strike slip sense. ref name Tim cite journal last Needham first T. coauthors Morgan R. year 1997 title The East Irish Sea and adjacent basins new faults or old? journal Journal of the Geological Society volume 154 issue 1 pages 145 150 doi 10.1144 gsjgs.154.1.0145 url http jgs.lyellcollection.org cgi content abstract 154 1 145 accessdate 18 December 2010 ref See also List of geological faults of Wales References Reflist coord 53.22 4.34 display title Category Geology of Wales geology stub Wales geo stub ... more details
The Whittier Fault is a geologic fault located in eastern Los Angeles County, California Los Angeles County in Southern California , that is one of the two upper branches of the Elsinore Fault Zone , with the Chino Fault the second. Geology The Whittier Fault is a convert 40 km mi sp us adj on right lateral strike slip Faultgeologyfault that runs along the Chino Hills Chino Hills range between the cities of Chino Hills, California Chino Hills and Whittier, California Whittier . The fault has a slip rate of convert 2.5 to 3.0 mm in sp us per year. It is estimated that this fault could generate a quake of M sub W sub 6.0 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale . Whittier Narrows earthquake In 1987, the Whittier Narrows earthquake sequence occurred, with two large earthquakes, a 5.9 and a 5.3, happening within 3 days. No surface rupture happened during the quake, but there has been surface rupture on this fault within the last 10,000 years. The quakes caused USD US 350 million in damages. See also Puente Hills Fault San Andreas Fault References cite web url http www.data.scec.org fault index whitfaul.html title Whittier Fault work Southern California Earthquake Data Center accessdate April 27, 2006 California Faults coord missing California Category Seismic faults of California Category Natural history of Orange County, California Category Natural history of Los Angeles County, California Category Geology of Riverside County, California Category Whittier, California Category San Gabriel Valley California geo stub ... more details
The Chedabucto Fault is a Faultgeologyfault that divides Mainland Nova Scotia from the Minas Basin in the west to Chedabucto Bay in the east into the Avalonia Avalon zone in the north and the Meguma Zone in the south .The Avalon and Meguma terrane Meguma Zones are different because they belonged to different land masses that were widely separated from one another. The Avalon Zone was a part of Laurasia , while the Meguma Zone was a part of Gondwanaland .It marks the southern margin of the Cobequid Mountains .The Cobequid fault Cobequid Chedabucto Fault Zone is the most prominent geological feature of Nova Scotia. References http gsc.nrcan.gc.ca marine scotianmargin go e.php Geology of the Scotian Margin http www.accessmylibrary.com article 1G1 112129944 synopsis geology cobequid highlands.html A synopsis of the geology of the Cobequid Highlands, Nova Scotia http www.gov.ns.ca NATR MEB pdf ic ic47.pdf Cobequid Chedabucto Fault Zone, Nova Scotia http bbs.keyhole.com ubb ubbthreads.php?ubb showflat&Number 696572&site id 1 import KML reference http museum.gov.ns.ca fossils geol precamb.htm Precambrian Period coord 45 26 36.76 N 63 6 30.51 W region CA display title Category Landforms of Nova Scotia NovaScotia geo stub ... more details
thumb A reverse motion, fault line scarp from Mongolia . Image Borah1983.JPG thumb 250px Borah Peak and its fault scarp, formed in the 1983 Borah Peak earthquake . A fault scarp is the Topography topographic expression of Faultgeology faulting attributed to the displacement of the land ... thumb left A geology class takes a close look at the Wasatch Fault scarp, Utah Due to the dramatic uplift along the fault, the fault scarp is very prone to erosion, especially if the material ... geology Category Seismic faults de Terrainstufe ja simple Fault scarp ...Image Red Canyon fault scarp sjr00100.jpg thumb right 250px This fault scarp was created by the 1959 ... erosion along an old inactive geologic fault a sort of old rupture , or by a movement on a recent active fault. Fault scarps often contain highly fractured rock of both hard and weak consistency ... is equal to the vertical displacement along the fault. Active scarps are usually formed by tectonic ... by any type of fault, including strike slip fault s, whose motion is primarily horizontal. This movement ... wear down these bluffs. Fault scarps may be only a few centimeters or many meters high. Fault line ... been brought alongside more resistant ones by the movement along the fault. In the case of old eroded fault scarps, active erosion may have moved the physical cliff back away from the actual fault location which may be buried beneath a Scree talus , alluvial fan or the valley floor valley fill ... along runoff channels. Adjacent V shaped valley formations give the remaining fault spurs a very triangular shape. This formation is known as a triangular facet however, this landform is not limited to fault ... Range in Wyoming is an example of an active fault scarp. The dramatic topography of the Tetons is due to the geologically recent activity on the Teton fault. Fact date April 2008 The Hurricane Cliffs , west of Zion National Park in Utah is a prominent example of a fault scarp along an old, essentially ... more details
File Alaska earthquakes.jpg thumb 250px Tectonic map of Alaska and northwestern Canada showing main faults and historic earthquakes The Denali Fault is a major intracontinental dextral right lateral Fault geology Strike slip faults strike slip fault in western North America , extending from northwestern British Columbia , Canada to the U.S. state of central Alaska . ref http www.eos.ubc.ca krussell epapers GSAB ER2000.pdf Distribution, nature, and origin of Neogene Quaternary magmatism in the northern Cordilleran volcanic province, Canada ref It was the main fault along which the 2002 Denali earthquake occurred, this earthquake had a Moment magnitude scale magnitude of 7.9 M sub w sub ref http www.sciencemag.org content 300 5622 1113.abstract ref . See also Tintina Fault References reflist coord missing Canada Category Seismic faults of Canada Category Seismic faults of the United States Category Geology of British Columbia Category Geology of Yukon Category Geology of Alaska BritishColumbia geo stub Yukon geo stub Alaska geo stub Geology stub Template Faults ... more details
The Chino Fault is a Faultgeologyfault that extends along the eastern Chino Hills Chino Hills range region, from Corona, California Corona in Riverside County, California Riverside County to the Los Serranos, Chino Hills, California Los Serranos, Chino Hills area of San Bernardino County, California San Bernardino County in Southern California . Geology The Chino Fault and Whittier Fault are the two upper branches of the Elsinore Fault Zone , which is part of the is part of the trilateral split of the San Andreas fault system. The right lateral strike slip fault has a slip rate of 1.0 millimeter year and is capable of producing anywhere from a Moment magnitude scale M sub W sub 6.0 to a M sub W sub 7.0 earthquake. See also 2008 Chino Hills earthquake Whittier Fault Puente Hills Fault References cite web url http www.data.scec.org fault index chino.html title Chino Fault work Southern California Earthquake Data Center cite web url http earthquake.usgs.gov research external reports 02HQGR0046.pdf title The Chino Fault and Its Relation to Slip on the Elsinore and Whittier Faults and Blind Thrusts in the Puente Hills work U.S.G.S. coord 33 52 56 N 117 35 16 W region US CA type landmark display title California Faults Category Seismic faults of California Category Geology of Riverside County, California Category Natural history of San Bernardino County, California Category Corona, California California geo stub ... more details
Image Nootka Fault.gif right thumb 350px The Nootka Fault, upper left The Nootka Fault is an active transform fault running southwest from Nootka Island , near Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada . Geology The Nootka Fault lies between the Explorer Plate in the north and Juan de Fuca Plate in south. These are remnants of the once vast Farallon Plate . The fault is at the triple junction of the North American Plate North American , Explorer, and Juan de Fuca plates. Undersea volcano Near the Nootka Fault is an active undersea volcano undersea mud volcano named Maquinna volcano Maquinna . ref http adsabs.harvard.edu abs 2001AGUFMOS12B0428R Discovery of an Active Submarine Mud Volcano Along the Nootka Fault West of Vancouver Island , American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2001 ref References Reflist http www.blackwell synergy.com doi abs 10.1111 j.1365 246X.1979.tb04801.x?cookieSet 1&journalCode gji The Nootka Fault Zone a new plate boundary off western Canada, Geophysical Journal International, Volume 58 Issue 3 Page 667 683, September 1979 abstr. Category Plate tectonics Category Geology of British Columbia Category South Coast of British Columbia tectonics stub de Nootka Verwerfungszone ... more details
coord 38 38 N 109 40 W region US UT display title File Moab fault.JPG thumb 350px Looking closer and closer at the fault zone, reveals more and more faults at smaller and smaller scales. In this sense faulting is fractal . The Moab Fault , near Moab, Utah , USA is a well exposed and much studied geological fault . The Moab fault is an extensional fault that runs approximately NW SE, passing to the west of the Arches National Park . The rocks on the SW side of the fault have been lifted up forming steep cliffs of Triassic Wingate Sandstone Wingate sandstone and Chinle formation . At the north end of the Moab valley, there is a fault transfer zone, where the fault steps east. This zone transfers the displacement along the fault from one segment to another. Within this zone there is very dense faulting. This is revealed in the road cutting for U.S. Route 191 Highway 191 as seen in this picture taken from the nearby Arches National Park visitor centre. Fault damage zones have great commercial interest to petroleum geoscientists as they can dramatically affect the performance of hydrocarbon reservoirs. tectonics stub Utah geo stub Category Geology of Utah Category Seismic faults of the United States Category Grand County, Utah ... more details
Lanalhue Fault is a fault once active in the Paleozoic located in south central Chile that cuts through Cordillera de Nahuelbuta . The fault takes name from Lanalhue Lake which overlies part of fault. The lanalhue fault makes up a major lithology lithological boundary in the Chilean Coast Range to which Cordillera de Nahuelbuta belongs. From Valpara so Region to Lanalhue Fault Carboniferous Permian granitoid s makes upp a large part of the bedrock of the Chilean Coast Range. These igneous rocks was once part of a proto Andean magmatic belt. South of Lanalhue Fault most of the Chilean Coast Range is an accretionary wedge formed by at least since the Paleozoic along the subduction zone at South America s western margin. It is speculated that the inferred Gastre Fault Zone , that aligns Villarrica volcano Villarrica , Quetrupill n and Lan n volcanoes, is a continuation of the fault in the Andes. Lanalhue Fault has a northwest to southwest orientation. geology stub Category Geological faults of Chile Category Geography of B o B o Region ... more details
Ballytober Fault is a geological fault in County Antrim , Northern Ireland . See also List of geological faults in Northern Ireland References Map sheet 44 and accompanying memoir of the series of 1 50,000 scale geological maps of Northern Ireland published by Geological Survey of Northern Ireland. Lyle, P. 2003 Classic geology in Europe 5 The north of Ireland Terra Publishing, Harpenden coord 54.86604 N 5.92925 W region GB type landmark display title Category Geology of Northern Ireland Category County Antrim regional geology stub Antrim geo stub ... more details
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