The Shahbatot Fault

Looking onto the Shahbatot Fault from the south.
Looking onto the Shahbatot Fault from the south. The fault zone here is represented a vertical 1-2m zone of gouge, seen in this 10m high cliff section. The walls of this gouge zone contains striations pitching 48 degrees North, on a fault surface (180-86W). There are indications of dextral shear developed under greenschist facies conditions in the wall rocks.