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Landforms

Landforms. Introduction to Geography. In geology, a fault or fault line is a planar fracture in rock in which the rock on one side of the fracture has moved with respect to the rock on the other side. Faults. Landforms associated with faults. Escarpment. Horst.

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Landforms

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  1. Landforms Introduction to Geography

  2. In geology, a fault or fault line is a planar fracture in rock in which the rock on one side of the fracture has moved with respect to the rock on the other side.

  3. Faults

  4. Landforms associated with faults Escarpment

  5. Horst

  6. Horst in the middle: rock strata no longer aligned

  7. The rift valleys of East Africa are very large grabens

  8. Graben Fault escarpments GRABEN

  9. Dramatic graben structure

  10. Escarpment & Talus Slope • Escarpment: sharp drop-off from a higher elevation to a lower one. It may be called a cliff. • Talus slope: deposited materials at the base of an escarpment – the result of mass wasting . Escarpment Escarpment Talus slopes

  11. Rift Valley escarpment

  12. The road down the coastal escarpment (Serra da Leba, Angola).

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