structural fault

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• Structural geology — is the study of the three dimensional distribution of rock bodies and their planar or folded surfaces, and their internal fabrics . Structural geology includes features of and overlaps with facets of geomorphology, metamorphism and geotechnical… …   Wikipedia

• Structural violence — Structural violence, a term which was first used in the 1960s and which has commonly been ascribed to Johan Galtung, denotes a form of violence which corresponds with the systematic ways in which a given social structure or social institution… …   Wikipedia

• Fault breccia — (IPA: /ˈbrɛtʃiə, ˈbrɛʃ /, Italian: breach), or tectonic breccia is a breccia (a rock type consisting of angular clasts) that was formed by tectonic forces. Fault breccia has no cohesion, it is normally an unconsolidated rock type, unless… …   Wikipedia

• Fault gouge — is an unconsolidated tectonite (a rock formed by tectonic forces) with a very small grain size. Fault gouge has no cohesion, it is normally an unconsolidated rock type, unless cementation took place at a later stage. Fault gouge forms in the same …   Wikipedia

• Fault (geology) — Part of a series on earthquakes Types Foreshock • Aftershock • Blind thrust Doublet • Interplate • …   Wikipedia

• structural geology — the branch of geology dealing with the structure and distribution of the rocks that make up the crust of the earth. Also called tectonics. Cf. structure (def. 7a). [1880 85] * * * Scientific discipline concerned with rock deformation on both… …   Universalium

• fault — noun 1 responsibility for sth wrong ADJECTIVE ▪ stupid ▪ It s his own stupid fault his car was stolen he should have kept it locked. ▪ entire ▪ It was my entire fault. I ruined everything. FAULT + VERB …   Collocations dictionary

• structural — adj. Structural is used with these nouns: ↑analysis, ↑change, ↑coherence, ↑complexity, ↑component, ↑damage, ↑defect, ↑difference, ↑element, ↑engineer, ↑engineering, ↑ …   Collocations dictionary

• Hayward Fault Zone — The Hayward Fault Zone is a geologic fault zone capable of generating significantly destructive earthquakes. About 60 kilometers long, it lies mainly along the western base of the hills on the east side of San Francisco Bay. It runs through… …   Wikipedia

• Transform fault — (the red lines) A transform fault or transform boundary, also known as conservative plate boundary since these faults neither create nor destroy lithosphere, is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in either sinistral …   Wikipedia

• Michoud fault — The Michoud fault is a geological fault that runs through eastern New Orleans. [1] The Michoud fault is the subject of extensive scientific inquiry into why Louisiana is losing vast tracts of land …   Wikipedia