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Tectonic deformation
and geologic structures
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Mountain building
• Anatomy of a convergent mountain belt
Valley & ridge
Blue ridge
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Mountain building
Continental rift; opening of an ocean basin?
• Extensional horsts and grabens
HorstGraben
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Deformation
Deformation:1) translation2) rotation3) distortion (shape change)
Deformation results from stress,
Stress = force per unit area
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Deformation - types of stress
Compressivestress
Tensionalstress
Lateral shearstress
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Uniform pressure from all directions
Deformation - tectonic
Compression in a principal direction
Extension in a principal direction
Lateral shear
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• Brittle: shallow crust; with increased stress little change until failure (breaks)
• Ductile: deeper crust; with increased stress gradual change (squishes)
Rock deformation: When does it fold and when does it fault?
depends on rock type, crustal depth, rate
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Products of deformation
Faults
Folds
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• Anticline: opens downward;
oldest rocks in center
• Syncline: opens upward;
youngest rocks in center
Types of folds
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Strike and dip measurements along the limbs of a fold
Deformation - folds
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dome basin
Types of folds
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• fold appears to die out on ground surface
Plunging folds
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http://www.fault-analysis-group.ucd.ie/papermodels/models/syncline_anticline_lowres.jpg
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Types of faults
Thrust faults:• Compression• HW up• shallow dip
Normal faults:• Extension• HW down• steep dip
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Types of faults
Strike-slip faults:• lateral shear• no vertical change• vertical dip
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(map view)
Thrust, strike-slip or normal faults?
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• Southern Appalachians - fold and thrust belt
• Cross-section through western Virginia
Interrelated Folds & faults
• imbricate thrusts
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Mountain building
Richmond Basin = continental rift; related to opening of the Atlantic ocean
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10 km • Cross-section through eastern Virginia