GEO 313
Instructor: Robert J. Varga
Fault Images
all images by R.J. Varga
Fault-propagation fold above a thrust, Valley & Ridge, TN
Keystone thrust west of Las Vegas Nevada. Sevier-age thrust of dark Cambrian limestones over buff-colored Jurassic Aztec (Navajo) Sandstone.
Minor thrust in Valley & Ridge, TN
Minor conjugate normal faults cutting mid-Tertiary Cook Cyn. Tuff, Kingman, AZ.
San Gabriel strike-slip fault juxtaposing Cretaceous granite (white) against Precambrian metamorphic rock (dark). San Gabriel Mtns., CA.
Course Instructor:
Robert J. Varga
Associate Professor
Shoolroy Chair of Natural Resources
Department of Geology
The College of Wooster
Wooster, OH 44691
rvarga@acs.wooster.edu
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