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Structural geology

the theory that normal, thrust and strike-slip faults form according to which principal stress is vertical near the free surface of the earth.

In structural geology, Andersonian theory of faulting refers to the theory that normal, thrust and strike-slip faults form according to which principal stress is vertical near the free surface of the earth. This meaning comes from Anderson (1905) in Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society.[1]

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Anderson, E. M. (1905). The dynamics of faulting. Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 8(3), 387-402. https://doi.org/10.1144/transed.8.3.387

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