Past exam of the year 2 of the earth sciences (geology) course of the University of Oxford / 2022 / Paper 1 / 2 / a

For an Andersonian faulting regime appropriate to the stated normal fault, take ${\sigma }_1$ vertical, ${\sigma }_2$ north–south along strike, and ${\sigma }_3$ east–west. Thus the minimum horizontal compression is normal to the fault’s north–south strike. In an east–up cross-section, draw ${\sigma }_1$ vertically and ${\sigma }_3$ horizontally, with ${\sigma }_2$ perpendicular to the page. These are plausible regional principal stress directions, rather than measured directions uniquely recoverable from one photograph.