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In Geology ✔️ Mineralogy - Botany #TectonicInversion #TectonicHistory #Geology #EarthquakeRisk 🟥 "Earth, Unfiltered" unusual geologic behavior ❤️🔁 Tectonic Inversion is the geological process where a previously extensional (stretching) tectonic regime, like a rift basin, undergoes compression, causing normal faults to reverse their movement and form thrust faults or folds. This transforms sedimentary basins into uplifted or deformed regions. ▶️ Why Geologists study Resource exploration: It impacts the formation and trapping of hydrocarbons and minerals. Earthquake risk: Reactivated faults can trigger seismic activity. Tectonic history 🎞️Sandbox Experiment - Basin Inversion https://t.co/5DIj9fZA31

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over 6 years ago

@Connect3dGeo @GSBelgium @Geo_ERA @EuroGeoSurveys @EfgInfo Great! But I request a follow-up story! Did you know these structures are now called "mullions" and that the mullion textbook example is located 80 km to the NW in Dedenborn (DE)? And don't get me started on those amazing quartz veins in between the mullions... #tectonicinversion

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