Department of Geomatics Imaging in the Geosciences

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• Geological Airphoto Interpretation
• Lecture Two

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Department of GeomaticsImaging in the
Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation

• Geologists need data about
• Lithology
• Sedimentry Bedding
• Folding
• Faulting

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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation

• Folding
• Sense- anticlinal or synclinal
• Orientation
• Character - open or tight

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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation
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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation

• Faulting
• Normal
• Thrust
• Strike slip
• Fractures
• Lineaments

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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation

• Normal Fault

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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation

• Normal Fault Darling Fault, WA

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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation

• Faulting
• Normal
• Thrust
• Strike slip
• Fractures
• Lineaments

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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation
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Department of GeomaticsImaging in the
Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation

• Faulting
• Normal
• Thrust
• Strike slip
• Fractures
• Lineaments

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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation
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Department of GeomaticsImaging in the
Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation

• Faulting
• Normal
• Thrust
• Strike slip
• Fractures
• Lineaments

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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation
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Department of GeomaticsImaging in the
Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation

• Enechelon fractures
• Occur along some strike slip faults

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Department of GeomaticsImaging in the
Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation

• Faulting
• Normal
• Thrust
• Strike slip
• Fractures
• Lineaments

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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation
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Geosciences Geological Airphoto Interpretation
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Department of GeomaticsImaging in the
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