Earthquake Stones - Tilt and Other Disruptions Earthquake Stones is my nickname for specimens that show or seem to show distinct aspects of tectonic activity, stress or disruption in their structures. Of course, I don't know whether any of these actually show traces of earthquakes, but they definitely have stories to tell. Click on the images to be taken to the pages of the stones themselves. In this page, I include tilt formations, slip formations, significant healed cracks, interesting flaws and other phenomena. |
 Mojave National Preserve Spectacular tilt lines, with debris lying on some of the layers. |
Naches River bed 1 A beautiful example of tilt formations |
Eddy Bed Shows complex tilting in multiple directions and also an interesting fraction possibly associated with that. |
Cubuk, Turkey Here for the quirky detail of a little bit of matrix that has 'fallen off'' and is now lying forever on top on that opal floor. |
Mönchstal Shows a small slip formation. |
Possibly Potato Patch West Tilt and shattering.
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Felsenschlag with healed crack |
WM13 An interesting intrusion |
Eddy Bed with Rubble Pile |
Gottlob Extraordinarily Fractured - more so than usual for the location. |
Turkytail Tilt Lines |
Köpfchen Healed crack and an inflow of debris bound up with the waterlines |
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