Faults and Folds by Evie McCleery https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy By Evie and Hailey en-us 2018-10-05 17:15:53 UTC 2026-03-02 13:38:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Anticline evelyn_mccleery_2023 https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/289742752 An upward fold ; a fold of rock layers with a convex shape pointing upwards (ARCH)

This fault is caused by comperssional stress and usually occurs along with syncline.
https://www.radford.edu/jtso/GeologyofVirginia/Structures/GeologyOfVAStructures4-2e.html ]]> 2018-10-05 17:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/289742752 Monocline hailey_bonne_2023 https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/289744727 A bend in the rock strata that are otherwise uniformly dipping or horizontal.
]]> 2018-10-05 17:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/289744727 Syncline evelyn_mccleery_2023 https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/289744759 A downward fold; a fold of rock layers with a convex side towards the Earth (SINK)

This fault is caused by comperssional stress and usually occurs with a anticline
https://www.radford.edu/jtso/GeologyofVirginia/Structures/GeologyOfVAStructures4-2e.html
]]> 2018-10-05 17:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/289744759 Normal evelyn_mccleery_2023 https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/290395158 This fault is caused when tensional stress is when rock slabs are pulled apart from each other. ]]> 2018-10-08 16:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/290395158 Strike- slip evelyn_mccleery_2023 https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/290395276 "This fault is caused by horizontal compression but they release their energy by rock displacement in a horizontal direction almost parallel to the compression force". (https://www.britannica.com/science/strike-slip-fault)]]> 2018-10-08 16:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/290395276 Reverse hailey_bonne_2023 https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/290400924 Reverse faults occur where two blocks of rock are forced together by compression. ]]> 2018-10-08 17:08:19 UTC https://padlet.com/evelyn_mccleery_2023/91tiz0khltzy/wish/290400924