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Fault Core

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(Photo by Bill Harris)

The impermeable core zone of the fault is seen near Rock Canyon. This pulverized and sheared rock has been re-cemented together by dissolved calcite moving along the fault in water. The fault forms a barrier to the movement of water through the fault. However, water moves quite easily along or parallel to the fault.

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