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Exercise On Strike Lines and Faults

The document provides instructions to draw structure contours for the upper and lower surfaces of a sandstone layer, and for the fault plane. It asks the amount of throw of the fault, and whether it is normal or reversed. It also asks for the thickness of the sandstone. Drawing the structure contours as instructed shows that the fault has a downthrow to the south of 500 meters, indicating it is a normal fault.

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Exercise On Strike Lines and Faults

The document provides instructions to draw structure contours for the upper and lower surfaces of a sandstone layer, and for the fault plane. It asks the amount of throw of the fault, and whether it is normal or reversed. It also asks for the thickness of the sandstone. Drawing the structure contours as instructed shows that the fault has a downthrow to the south of 500 meters, indicating it is a normal fault.

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EXERCISE 7 FAULTS (Second Part)

Draw structure contours for the upper and lower surfaces of the sandstone (stippled). What is
the amount of the throw of the fault? Draw structure contours on the fault plane. Is it a normal
or a reversed fault? What is the thickness of the sandstone?

Solution:

Construct the structure contours on the upper surface of the sandstone bed in the northern part of Map
1 2. They run northsouth and are spaced at 12.5 mm intervals. Follow the same procedure for the upper
surface of the sandstone south of the fault plane. The 500 m structure contour drawn on the south side
of the fault, if produced beyond the fault, is seen to be coincident with the position of the 1000 m
structure contour on the north side of the fault. The stratum on the south side is therefore 500 m lower
relatively. The fault has a downthrow to the south of 500 m.

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