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How did these rocks form in brevard zone mylonites button schists and gneisses.
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What is a brevard fault zone?
Running southwest-northeast across Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina, the Brevard Fault Zone (or the Brevard Zone of Cataclasis) is a prominent geologic feature of the Southeast United States. Geologists continue to debate the Brevard's structure and significance, and the nature and direction of ancient movement on the fault. The Brevard has been interpeted as a left-lateral strike-slip fault, a right-lateral strike-slip fault, a normal fault, or a thrust fault. At one time, it was thought to represent the suture where Proto-Africa joined Proto-North America to form Pangea, although rocks on one side of the fault generally resemble those on the other side. Structural clues to movement are ambiguous; however, the "smeared" shapes of some granite bodies suggest right-lateral movement. The fault -- fortunately for us -- last moved about 185 million years ago, so the question is not of practical urgency. Rocks in the Brevard zone are profoundly sheared and fractured; they include mylonites, button schists, and gneisses. In many segments, Brevard Zone topography features rhythmically-spaced parallel ridges, which control much of the Chattahoochee River's course. Cited from http://home.att.net/~cochrans/brevrd01.htm
What fault line is Hawaii on?
The Kealakekua fault zone.
According to the theory of sea floor spreading new rock is added to the plates at?
...at constructive plate margins / boundaries.hence the term contructive, new crust is "contructed" here.(and destructed at a destructive plate margin / boundary / subduction zone.)
What active fault zone generate earthquakes?
The San Andreas Fault
A zone of weakness or a break in earths crust is known as?
a fault
What destructive landforms are in Georgia?
The Emerson Fault and Brevard Fault Zone are Destructive Forces in Georgia.
What are some destructive landforms in Georgia?
The Emerson Fault and Brevard Fault Zone are Destructive Forces in Georgia.
How was the Brevard Fault zone formed?
both
What are some animals that live in brevard fault zone?
Red foxes and white tailed deer can make their way into the Brevard fault zone. Other animals can include timber rattlesnakes, the great horned owl, raccoons, and possibly opossums.
Where is brevard fault zone located?
Around the southern Appalachians (Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina).
Is mount Pinatubo on a constructive or destructive plate boundary?
Mount Pinatubo is on a destructive plate boundary; it is above a subduction zone
What is a brevard fault zone?
Running southwest-northeast across Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina, the Brevard Fault Zone (or the Brevard Zone of Cataclasis) is a prominent geologic feature of the Southeast United States. Geologists continue to debate the Brevard's structure and significance, and the nature and direction of ancient movement on the fault. The Brevard has been interpeted as a left-lateral strike-slip fault, a right-lateral strike-slip fault, a normal fault, or a thrust fault. At one time, it was thought to represent the suture where Proto-Africa joined Proto-North America to form Pangea, although rocks on one side of the fault generally resemble those on the other side. Structural clues to movement are ambiguous; however, the "smeared" shapes of some granite bodies suggest right-lateral movement. The fault -- fortunately for us -- last moved about 185 million years ago, so the question is not of practical urgency. Rocks in the Brevard zone are profoundly sheared and fractured; they include mylonites, button schists, and gneisses. In many segments, Brevard Zone topography features rhythmically-spaced parallel ridges, which control much of the Chattahoochee River's course. Cited from http://home.att.net/~cochrans/brevrd01.htm
What has the author Robert Donald Bentley written?
Robert Donald Bentley has written: 'Geology of the Brevard fault zone and related rocks of the inner Piedmont of Alabama' -- subject(s): Faults (Geology), Geology
What is the similarity between a fault and a fault zone?
A fault is where to tectonic plates meet but a fault zone is the area around a fault.
Is mt etna on a fault line?
Yes it is on a plate boundry, it is formed by the subducting plates of the African Plate and The Eurasian Plate.
What is a famous California earthquake fault zone name besides the San Andreas Fault?
The Hayward Fault Zone
What are the boundaries of tectonic plates?
Are are three main plate boundaries (PBs) between tectonic plates: Constructive PBs, Destructive PBs, and Transform PBs. Constructive plate boundaries exist where tectonic plates pull apart from one another and underlying mantle rises and cools to form more crust. Destructive plate boundaries occur where plates collide - most commonly pushing one plate under the other so that it melts and is destroyed in the hot mantle. Where the plates aren't pulling away or pushing against each other, we have transform faults where plates grind past one another. A common example is the transform fault zone including the San Andreas fault in the west of the USA.
