Structural Geology Illustrations Cochise College
Structural Geology Illustrations
Virtual Geology Museum
Hall of Minerals
Geology Home Page
Roger Weller,
geology instructor ( wellerr@cochise.edu
)
last edited: 8/20/12 number of
illustrations: 55
index
fault gouge:
1
fault zone:
1
fractures:
1
2
normal faults:
1
tension fractures:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
(from Mark Weller)
joints:
1
2
3
ruptured fold:
1
recrystallized limestone along shear
zone:
1
2
3
(from Joann Deakin)
slickensides
(fault surfaces): 1
2
3
4
thin sections of folded and fractured rocks:
1
2
3
4
5
vein filling:
1
famous sandbox experiment
original experiment (8)
tension experiment (8)
compression experiment (8)
copyright R.Weller 2012