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fault gouge

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fault gouge

Soft, uncemented, pulverized clay-like material found between the walls of a fault. It is created by grinding action (cataclasis) of the fault and subsequent chemical alteration of tiny mineral grains brought about by fluids that flow along the fault.
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Water falls upstream, runs into the fault and this impermeable layer of claylike fault gouge, and - instead of continuing to flow underground toward the Salton Sea - comes to the surface.
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Fault gouge occurs at the hangingwall and footwall contacts of the shear zone.
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Fault gouge occurs at the hangingwall and footwall contacts of the shear zone.
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