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Geologic fault: Old fault exposed by roadcut near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Such faults are common in the folded Appalachians. |
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 Faults and Fractures Summary
1,005 words, approx. 3 pages Fractures and faults are planes of tensile or shear failure at microscopic to regional scales in brittle rocks. Faults may constitute a single plane or comprise zones of parallel or oblique shear planes, fault breccia or gouge (finely ground rock)... summary from source:
 Geological Fault : Environmental Health Terms
69 words, approx. 1 pagesA fracture in a oncewhole rock stratum, usually in which the rocks on either side of the fracture are displaced from each other as a result of movement in the earth’s crust. The line along which the fault runs is known as the ‘fault... 
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1/21/2008: 1,785 words, approx. 6 pagesService canals dug to tap oil and natural gas dart everywhere through the black mangrove shrubs, bird rushes and golden marsh. From the air, they look like a Pac-Man maze superimposed on an estuarine landscape 10 times the size of Grand Canyon National Park.There are...
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