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The facing of faults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Richard J. Lisle
Richard J. Lisle
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, University College, Swansea SA2 8PP, U.K.
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Abstract

It is proposed that the usage of the term structural facing be extended to include fault structures. Fault facing is defined as the direction in a fault plane which is at right angles to the trace of the bedding and is directed towards the younger beds. Certain types of faulted structures are found to have diagnostic patterns of facing variation.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 122 , Issue 3 , May 1985 , pp. 249 - 251
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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