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TitleWhipple detachment fault, southeastern California
DescriptionWhipple detachment fault, southeastern California. This slide shows one of the best exposed examples of the actual detachment as defined by the smooth upper surface of the erosionally resistant “microbreccia ledge.” See any of the papers by Greg Davis, Gordon Lister, or Steve Reynolds for a discussion of microbreccia associated with detachment faults.
LocationUSA ▹ California. Southeastern California.
PhotographerRobert Varga. 1995.
CollectionKeck Structural Geology Slide Set #RV5.
Key wordsdetachment fault, California, microbreccia
Tech details556 KB. Outcrop.
GeoDIL number3069
CopyrightRobert Varga