Thrust fault
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 Thrust fault in the Qilian Shan, China. The older (left, blue and red) thrust over the younger (right, brown). |
A thrust fault is a type of fault, or break in the Earth's crust across which there has been relative movement, in which rocks of lower stratigraphic position are pushed up and over higher strata. They are often recognized because they place older rocks above younger. Thrust faults are the result of compressional forces.
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| Knockan Crag and the Moine Thrust, Scotland Knockan Crag and the Moine Thrust, Scotland www.eèarth.ox.ac.uk/~oesis/nws/loc-knockan.html - Web |
| Appalachian folding, thrusting and duplexing Appalachian folding, thrusting and duplexing csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/vageol/vahist/struprimer.html - Web |
| Rob Butler's webpage on thrusts Rob Butler's webpage on thrusts www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/tectonics/thrust_tectonics/ - Web |
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