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Geology - Faults, Folds, and Joints

Earth and Space Sciences X via YouTube

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This lecture introduces how rocks deform and change shape under stress through folding, faulting, and joint formation. It covers ductile and brittle deformation, major fold and fault types, fault and fold features, and examples such as the San Andreas Fault and cooling joints.

Syllabus

Introduction
What causes rock to deform
What is stress
What is strain
How do rocks deform
Folds
Anticlines and Synclines
Mountain Belt Diagram
Angular Unconformity
Fold Axis
Anticline
Syncline
Dome and Basin
Michigan Basin
Monoclines
Faults Joints
Fault Anatomy
Normal Faults
Fault Block Mountains
Reverse Faults
Thrust Fault
Lewis Thrust Fault
Strike Slip Fault
Strike Slip Features
Transform Faults
Strike Slip Structures
Sag Ponds
Popup Structures
San Andreas Fault

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Earth and Space Sciences X

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