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CRITERIA FOR FAULTING

Criteria for faulting


Slickensided and striated fault surfaces
Visible displacement of veins, dikes, strata,, etc,
on opposite sides of an exposed fault line
Zone of breccia
Drag
Repetition of strata
Omission of strata
Offset, with or without gap or overlap
Abrupt termination of structures along their trend
Lahee (1961, p 246)
Criteria for faulting
Discontinuity of structures
Repetition and omission of strata
Features characteristic od fault planes
Silicification and mineralization
Differences in sedimentary facies
Physiographic criteria

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