NOAA Ocean Explorer: Gulf of Mexico 2003

Top view of typical salt dome fault patterns

Top view of typical salt dome fault patterns showing radiating straight faults, and curved or annular faults. These faults are cracks in the rock layers, where one side of the crack is offset up or down relative to the other side.

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