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Fig. 10.21.
Questionable relationship between marker bed and fault.
a
Structure contour map of marker bed
with contours across fault gap. Fault resembles a simple normal fault with missing section.
b
Fault contours
extended across the map.
c
3-D oblique view shows both segments of the marker belong to the hangingwall
Fig. 10.22.
Structure contour map of a
normal fault (from Fig. 8.5a)
the heave and throw from Eqs. 7.5-7.6 or 7.7-7.8 and compare to the values on the
map. The discrepancy is revealed by either method and requires that the fault cut in-
terpretation be changed or the map reinterpreted.
