The facing of faults
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Geological Magazine
- Vol. 122 (3) , 249-251
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016756800031459
Abstract
It is proposed that the usage of the term structural facing be extended to include fault structures. Fault facing is defined as the direction in a fault plane which is at right angles to the trace of the bedding and is directed towards the younger beds. Certain types of faulted structures are found to have diagnostic patterns of facing variation.Keywords
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