12.114 | Fall 2005 | Undergraduate

Field Geology I

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In this image you are looking west at the basal detachment of the fold and thrust belt where the fault is relatively parallel to the stratigraphy. In this image of the Keystone Thrust near Las Vegas, Cambrian limestones are thrust over Jurassic sandstones. Courtesy of Prof. Burchfiel.

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Keystone Thrust near Las Vegas.
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In this image you are looking west at the basal detachment of the fold and thrust belt where the fault is relatively parallel to the stratigraphy. In this image of the Keystone Thrust near Las Vegas, Cambrian limestones are thrust over Jurassic sandstones.
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Courtesy of Prof. Burchfiel.
Keystone Thrust near Las Vegas.

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