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Understanding Earth Movements: Folds and Faults

Explore the concept of folds and faults in the earth's crust, including types of faults such as normal, reverse, and transformed faults. Learn about the general process of faulting and the forces involved.

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Understanding Earth Movements: Folds and Faults

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  1. WelCome Topic The Earth Movements i) Folds Presented By – Assistant Professor V.S.Pawar Dept. of Geography SSVPS Dhule’s late S. D. Patil alias Baburao dada arts, commerce & late M.D. Sisode science College Shindkheda dist.- Dhule (Maharashtra) INDIA

  2. Topic of Discussion The Earth Movements ii) Faults

  3. Definition of Faults :- Faults may be defined as ‘when the crustal rocks are displaced along the plane of fracture this movement is called as ‘faulting’ • Faulting is taking place through :- • Tensional Forces, • Compressional Forces • ii) Depressional Forces

  4. Types of Faults :- • There are three major types of faults such as follows; • Normal Faults • Reverse Faults • Transformed Faults

  5. NORMAL FAULT

  6. REVERSE FAULT Compression

  7. TRANSFORM FAULT

  8. NORMAL FAULT REVERSE FAULT TRANSFORM FAULT

  9. General Process of Faulting:

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