Geology, Vol. 1 [of 3]

by Thomas C. Chamberlin; Rollin D. Salisbury

Fig. 431.—Contorted and faulted laminated rock. Cook Inlet. (Gilbert, U. S. Geol. Surv.)

Fig. 432.—Faulting shown in a cobblestone. The fault-planes have become veins by deposition from solution. The figure shows how the relative ages of crossing-faults may be determined. (Schrader, U. S. Geol. Surv.)

Fig. 433.—Figure showing minute faulting. The length of the specimen is 8 inches. The number of faults is nearly 100. (Photo. by Church.)

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