File:Copper Creek Thrust Fault (Thorn Hill section, northeastern Tennessee, USA) 15.jpg
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English: The prominent linear feature from upper left to lower right is the Copper Creek Thrust Fault in Tennessee. Thrust faults are low-angle reverse faults, formed by compressional stress. They are common in mountain belts formed by tectonic collision - this example is in the Appalachian Mountains (= result of a collision between Africa and North America during the Pennsylvanian).
The folded rocks above the fault are part of the Rome Formation (Middle Cambrian). The tilted rocks below the fault at lower left are Moccasin Formation limestones (Middle Ordovician). Locality: roadcut along the eastern side of Rt. 25E, just south of the Clinch River, north of Clinch Mountain, far-northern Grainger County, northeastern Tennessee, USA (36° 22' 54.64" North latitude, 83° 26' 48.86" West longitude) |
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| Author | James St. John |
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