STRIKE - SLIP FAULT

SUBMITTED BY ;
CYRISA GUMABON
SIDNEY RAE JAVIER
SUBMITTED TO ;
MRS .ANNALIZA RIVERA
STRIKE SLIP FAULT
- In the early stages of strike-slip fault formation, displacement within basement
rocks produces characteristic fault structures within the overlying cover. This will also
be the case where an active strike-slip zone lies within an area of continuing sedimentation.
At low levels of strain the overall simple shear causes a set of small faults to form.
The dominant set, known as R shears, form at about 15° to the underlying fault with the
same shear sense. The R shears are then linked by a second set, the R' shear that form
at about 75° to the main fault trace.[1] These two fault orientations can be understood as
conjugate fault sets at 30° to the short axis of the instantaneous strain ellipse associated
with the simple shear strain field caused by the displacements applied at the base of the
cover sequence. With further displacement the Riedel fault segments will tend to become
fully linked, often with the development of a further set of shears known as 'P shears',
which are roughly symmetrical to the R shears with respect to the overall shear
direction, until a throughgoing fault is formed.[2] The somewhat oblique segments will link
downwards into the fault at the base of the cover sequence with a helicoidal geometry.[3]