Criteria for identifying faults in rock include slickensided and striated fault surfaces, visible displacement of geological features on opposite sides of a fault line, zones of breccia, drag, repetition or omission of strata, offset of strata with or without gaps or overlaps, and abrupt termination or discontinuity of structures along their trend. Additional criteria are repetition and omission of strata, features of fault planes like silicification and mineralization, differences in sedimentary facies, and physiographic indicators.
Criteria for identifying faults in rock include slickensided and striated fault surfaces, visible displacement of geological features on opposite sides of a fault line, zones of breccia, drag, repetition or omission of strata, offset of strata with or without gaps or overlaps, and abrupt termination or discontinuity of structures along their trend. Additional criteria are repetition and omission of strata, features of fault planes like silicification and mineralization, differences in sedimentary facies, and physiographic indicators.
Criteria for identifying faults in rock include slickensided and striated fault surfaces, visible displacement of geological features on opposite sides of a fault line, zones of breccia, drag, repetition or omission of strata, offset of strata with or without gaps or overlaps, and abrupt termination or discontinuity of structures along their trend. Additional criteria are repetition and omission of strata, features of fault planes like silicification and mineralization, differences in sedimentary facies, and physiographic indicators.
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