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.
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Famous quotes containing the word faults:
“You don’t love if you don’t take the beloved’s faults for virtues.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)
“The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier: the manners and habits of a duke would cost a city clerk his situation.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Certain faults are necessary for the existence of the individual. We would resent it if old friends were to get rid of certain peculiarities.”
—Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)