Earth:Pressure ridge
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Short description: Type of topographic ridge
A pressure ridge is a topographic ridge produced by compression.
Depending on the affected material, "pressure ridge" may refer to:
- Pressure ridge (ice), between ice floes[1]
- Pressure ridge (lava), in a lava flow[1]
- Pressure ridge (seismic), in a fault zone[1]
In a seismic context, a pressure ridge can range in size from a few-metres-long mound, to a kilometres-long lateral ridge.[2] It is the result of one or several earthquakes occurring on certain types of fault geometries, such as compressional bends or stepovers along strike-slip faults.[2][3] A pressure ridge can for instance be the result of a deep-set obstruction on the fault plane, which leads to material being pushed up during earthquakes.[2]
See also
- Ridge (meteorology), an elongated area of relatively high atmospheric pressure
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Neuendorf, K.K.E.; Mehl, J.P. Jr.; Jackson, J.A., eds (2005). Glossary of Geology (5th ed.). Alexandria, Virginia: American Geological Institute. p. 514. ISBN 978-0922152896.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Pressure Ridge: Dragon's Back Pressure Ridge, Carrizo Plain National Monument". La Jolla, CA: OpenTopography Facility, University of California San Diego. https://www.opentopography.org/lidarlandforms.
- ↑ Štěpančíková, Petra. "Transpression; Pressure ridge". Tectonic geomorphology and paleoseismology. Prague, Czech Republic: Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Engineering Geology, Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics. http://www.geology.cz/projekt681900/vyukove-materialy/Petra_Stepancikova_Tectonic_geomorphology_and_paleoseism.pdf.
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