World-class graben stepover at Devils Lane, Canyonlands National Park, Utah USA

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Richard Schultz

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.

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Type Image Format TIFF Size 17.2 MB Aspect 375:251 Width 3000 px Height 2008 px Brand Nikon Model D40X Software Photoshop Coordinates 38.1298, -109.8768 Tint White Submitted 1 February 2020 Taken 6 May 2008