When one body of rock moves
against another, a polished, slick
surface forms called slickenside
Slickenside causes a surface with lines and grooves
called a lineated surface
Fault slip lineations are linear marks on
a fault surface created during
movement on the fault
Can cause earthquakes
Can appear above or
below ground
Normal
When the hanging wall moves down
relative to the hanging wall
Reverse
When the hanging wall moves up
relative to the footwall
When one piece of the Earth moves up or down relative to another, it
exposes a surface between the top of one piece and the middle of the
other. It looks like a stair.
The hanging wall is the block above the fault
line. The footwall is the block below the fault
line
Strike-slip
When a piece of the Earth's
crust slides sideways relative to another
piece
If you are facing a piece of land during a strike-slip
fault and it slides to your left, it's called left lateral.
If it moves to your right, it's called right lateral.
Gouge is a powder that forms
when faulting crushes the rock
adjacent to the fault
Breccia are chunks formed
when faulting crushes rock
adjacent to the fault
Episodes of grand ground shaking
Caused by the breaking of rock
(faulting) or a pre-existing fault
Do not occur instantaneously after the
rock breaks
Vibrations are what we feel during an
earthquake
Vibrations: The transmission of
energy from a place where
something breaks
Provide a means to transmit energy from one
location to another
Continuous shaking (of the Earth)
Focus (hypocenter) of an earthquake
The point within the Earth of which the slip causing
an earthquake happens
Where the rock breaks and the energy is
generated
When the energy is generated, it will propagate
outwards in a series of waves
Epicenter
The point of Earth's surface directly above the
focus of an earthquake
This is where we feel the quake
Stresses can lengthen or shorten rock
Tension is a force that stretches
the rock and lengthens it
Compression is a force that squeezes the rock
and shortens its length
Earthquake energy passes through rock in
the form of waves
Body waves travel within solid
rock of the planet
Compressional body waves (P-waves) are waves in which the
atoms move back and forth, parallel to the direction in which
the overall wave is moving
Shear body waves (S-waves) are waves in which the atoms
move up and down, perpendicular to the direction in which
the overall wave is moving
Surface waves travel along
the surface of the Earth
Love waves are waves that move in a snake-like motion
(side to side)
Rayleigh waves are waves that move in an undulatory
motion (up and down)
Asperities are little protrusions or bumps in a
surface that keep objects from sliding right off
of the surface
Only when enough force is exerted on the object will the
asperities break off and allow it to move
To erode is to be carried away by water or other
geologic phenomenons