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8.8.6
Reverse Fault
Map the fault (f ) and the shale marker horizon (s) using the data in Fig. 8.54. Is a single fault
present? What kind? What is the evidence? What is the attitude of the fault? of bedding in
the hangingwall? of bedding in the footwall? What is the heave and throw on the fault? If
Fig. 8.55.
Isopach map of the lower Taylor Formation above the Hawkins salt dome, Texas. Posted next
to the wells (
circles
) are the thickness (upper or left-hand
number
) and the elevation of the formation
top, in feet below sea level. (After Hintze 1971)
