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Ch. 2, Part-IIbGeologic Structures
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Geologic Structures• Generally planar features within, cross-cutting, or
disrupting the rock materials/strata (layers)
• Important in environmental geology as:– Discontinuities– Topography/landforms– Indicators of tectonics– Implications for natural hazards– Structural integrity– Planes/zones of weakness– Preferrential“pathways” for fluid/contaminants
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Types of Geologic Structures
• Stratification (Layers & Layering)
• Folding/Tilting
• Faulting
• Other Structures– fractures– joints– crosscutting from forceful injections
(dikes/sills)
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Layering/Strata
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Tilted LayersIndicative of forces causing horizontal layers to be
disrupted (tilted)
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Significance of Layering/Tilting
• Basic geologic structure
• Planar reference boundaries that define strata (boundaries between/within rock materials)
• Implications for landforms/topography?
• Potential pathways
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Folds
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FOLDS
Indicative of directed (compressional) forces (past or present)
Topography similar to Appalachians
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FaultsExpressions of directed forces as broken/displaced strata
Strike Slip Faulting
Dip Slip Faulting
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Significance of Fault & Folds• Areas of “broken and/or disrupted” crust• Usually associated with topographic features• Usually results in exposure of different types of
rock materials at surface• Indicative of past and/or present forces• Potential for environmental hazard?• Often associated with natural resources (minerals,
petroleum, etc.)• Effects on fluid pathways (as preferential
pathways or barriers)
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Other Structures
• Fractures
• Joints
• Crosscutting material from forceful injections– Dikes (cross-cuts layering)– Sills (parallel to layering)
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Cross-Cutting Relationships:Dikes & Sills
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Jointing
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Some Environmental Implications of Geologic Structures
Layering or Foliation
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Summary / Review• Building blocks of rock materials: atoms,
molecules, minerals, rocks/rock materials
• Most abundant minerals are silicates
• Basic building block is the silica tetrahedra
• Rock properties determined by properties of component materials (minerals)
• Three main classes of rocks– Igneous: Formed from molten material
– Sedimentary: Clastic, chemical, organic, combinations
– Metamorphic: foliated, non-foliated
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Summary / Review• Rock type provides various types of information
– Environment/setting in which they were formed– Tectonic implications– Implications for natural hazards– Physical, chemical properties– Etc.
• Geologic Structures: – Layering, tilting– Folding– Faulting– Other types (fractures, jointing, cross-cutting features)
• Implications/significance of geologic structures
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Chapter (Section) Objectives• Review of some of the important mineral and rock types and
their environmental significance
– Relationships between atoms, minerals, rocks, rock materials
– Basic silicate building block(s)
– Properties of rocks & minerals
– Basic rock types, basis for classification, types of information they tell us
• Appreciation/significance of geologic structures
– Layering
– Folds
– Faults
– Other structures (joints, dikes/sills, etc.)
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