Structural features

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            The above photograph represents the research I am conducting on the bluffs at the David Weld Sanctuary. The yellow numbers correspond to specific sedimentary features on the cliff and the blue numbers correspond to structural features. Click on the corresponding numbers for close up photos of these features.

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1. Note fault on top left of fold. Clay lens appears below the fold.

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2.This fold is situated in the troughs in the bottom of unit 2.
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3. Note extensional fault situated NW of fold axis. This may have been caused by the folding.

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                                      4. Shortening
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5. Series of normal faults. Note penny (for scale) just NW of the far left fault.

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                                       6. A 3D view of fault planes. Note arrows showing back and side "walls".

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