Sunday, October 17, 2004


In the eastern Bighorn Mtn.s, a roadcut on the road to Sheridan reveals this thrust fault and accompanying syncline. The strata on the left got pushed to the right until they buckled downward under the pressure -- forming a syncline -- and then rode up over the strata on the right, forming a thrust fault.
Jeb Butler

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