TRANSFORM FAULT

THE EARTH’S TECTONIC PLATES

ANTICLINE

SYNCLINE

COMPONENTS OF A FOLD

TYPES OF FOLDS

SIMPLE/SYMMETRICAL FOLD

ASYMMETRICAL FOLD

OVERFOLD

RECUMBENT FOLD

OVER THRUST FOLD

NAPPE

FAULTING

FAULTING

FAULTING

FAULTING

NORMAL FAULT

REVERSE FAULT

STRIKE SLIP/TRANSFORM FAULT

TYPES OF FAULTS

RIFT VALLEYS- TENSIONAL FORCES

RIFT VALLEYS- COMPRESSIONAL FORCES

BLOCK MOUNTAINS

Formed by Compression Formed by Tension

BLOCK MOUNTAINS & RIFT VALLEYS (FORMED BY TENSIONAL FORCES)

BLOCK MOUNTAINS & RIFT VALLEYS (FORMED BY COMPRESSIONAL FORCES)