1. Navigate to Sheep Mountain Wyoming
(double-click on the Sheep mountain push-pin).
a)
Which way do the beds dip on the north-side of the mountain? _
east
___
b) :
Which way to the beds dip on the south-side of the mountain? ____
west
_____
c) What type of fold is Sheep mountain? ___
anticline
___.
2. Navigate to Mariscol Mountain, Texas
(double-click on the Mariscol Mountain push-pin).
a. Which way to the beds dip on the west-side of the mountain? __
east
___
d) :
Which way to the beds dip on the east-side of the mountain? ____
west
_____
e) What type of fold is Mariscol Mountain? ___
anticline
_____.
3. Navigate to Solatario, Texas
(double-click on the Solatario push-pin).
a)
Which way do the beds dip on the north-side of the mountain? _
south
____
b) :
Which way do the beds dip on the south-side of the mountain? _
north
____
c)
Which way do the beds dip on the east-side of the mountain? __
west
___
d) :
Which way to the beds dip on the west-side of the mountain? _
east
___
e) What is the shape of the Solitario? _____
laccolith
_______.
4. Navigate to the Bishop fault.
The picture below is a screen shot of what you should see. The yellow
line is the fault.
a) What side of the fault has gone down (east or west side)? __
west
__
b) Which direction does the fault dip?___
west
__
c) Based on your answers, what type of fault is it?__
normal fault
_.
5. Navigate to the Las Vegas fault. The picture below is what you should be seeing. The fault is the yellow
line. Determine what layers on the north side correlate to those on the south side. Based on your
correlation, what type of fault is it?_____
strike-slip fault
_____
6. How far has the northern side of the fault moved relative to the southern side? Use the ruler to
measure the distance between the layers you correlate on opposite sides of the fault
Report in meters____
about 187 meters
______.
