Jacob's Ladder
by David Tanner, Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics (LIAG), Hannover, Germany
This small (scale 1m) exposure of unconsolidated glacial sands shows the detail between two large normal faults. There are a myriad of small-scale faults that connect the two together, that form, in our terminology, a "Jacob's ladder".
Taken on 9
July
2009
Submitted on 08 July 2014
Categories
- Field (1989)
- Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology (298)
- Tectonics and Structural Geology (343)
Location
- Europe (2215)
- Western Europe (441)
- Germany (156)
- Exact location (9.8683 E, 51.9350 N)
Tags
jacob's ladder, deformation shear bands, unconsolidated glacial sands
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Canon PowerShot A2000 IS
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Credit: David Tanner (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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