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7.1.7 Fault Offset

Faulting produces offsets of preexisting geologic/topographic features such as streams, slopes, and planar surfaces. Such offsets can be associated with any kind of faulting be it normal, thrust, transverse, or oblique.


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Gullies offset by the San Andreas Fault
Gullies offset by the San Andreas Fault
Earth Science Slides by John S. Shelton
Gullies offset by the San Andreas Fault  Moraine offset by fault  Sidewalk offset by fault creep  Wall bent by fault creep 

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