Faults
A picture below right, taken of layers in Becquerel Crater, shows a straight line that represents a fault. Faults are breaks in rocks where movement has taken place. The movement may be only inches or much more. Faults can be very significant, as the break in the rock is a focus for erosion and, more importantly, can allow fluids containing dissolved minerals to rise, then be deposited. Some of the major ore deposits on Earth are formed by this process.
Read more about this topic: Oxia Palus Quadrangle
Famous quotes containing the word faults:
“I have a special grudge against those who have the same faults as I do.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Pride has a greater share than goodness in the reproofs we give other people for their faults; and we chide them not so much to make them mend those faults as to make them believe that we ourselves are without fault.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“The fault-finder will find faults even in paradise.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)