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18-APR-2012 Mike Davis

Slip Fault

Arizona

This is a perfect example of a geological slip fault displayed by the lower layers of rock in this formation. Forces pushing from both ends forced the layer to break and one end slips beneath the other. This is the basic mechanism of plate tectonics that builds continents.


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