Normal_Fault

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Wall of a quarry with three rock units - white at the base, black in the middle, yellow at the top - that tilt to the right. These formations have all been displaced downwards across two faults in the centre of the picture.

A sandstone and shale sequence disrupted by 2 normals faults in the wall of a quarry in Lancashire, UK. Source: Fault Analysis Group, University College Dublin.

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