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RECOGNIZING FAULTS AND FOLDS

Do you remember your forces, faults, and folds from the introduction?

FAULTS: when rocks break due to force. Put mouse cursor in image to see what it looked like before the force was applied to it.

Normal Fault Caused by tension	Reverse Fault Caused by compression	Strike-Slip Fault Caused by shear (lateral) forces

FOLDS: when rocks bend due to force.

Anticline Caused by compression Folded up like an "A"	Syncline Caused by compression Folded down like a "U"