
World-class graben stepover at Devils Lane, Canyonlands National Park, Utah USA
Field view of a world-class stepover (relay-ramp) between two graben-bounding normal faults, Devils Lane graben, Canyonlands National Park, Utah USA, revealing near-tip fault displacement profile and 3D ramp geometry. Vehicle trail for scale. From Schultz, RA, Geologic Fracture Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2019. This exposure has been used world-wide by both academic and industry geologists to understand the geometry and evolution of normal-fault systems.
Cover image of Geologic Fracture Mechanics (ISBN: 9781107189997) published by Cambridge University Press. © Richard Schulz (2019), reproduced with permission of Cambridge University Press.
Taken on 6
May
2008
Submitted on 01 February 2020
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- Exact location (-109.8768 W, 38.1298 N)
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