Anderson's theory of faulting

Anderson's theory of faulting, devised by Ernest Masson Anderson in 1905, is a way of classifying geological faults by use of principal stress. A fault is a fracture in the surface of the Earth that occurs when rocks break under extreme stress.

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Anderson's theory of faulting

Anderson's theory of faulting, devised by Ernest Masson Anderson in 1905, is a way of classifying geological faults by use of principal stress. A fault is a fracture in the surface of the Earth that occurs when rocks break under extreme stress.

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