... terminology and perhaps observation of data which are diagnostic of displacement orientation. 3 Stuart K. Clark, “Classification of Faults,” Bull. Amer. Assoc. Petrol. Geol. , Vol. 27, No. 9 (September, 1943), pp. 1245-65. 4 Stuart K. Clark, “Thrust Fault on Barranquilla-Cartagena Highway...

...-Cartagena highway was presented simply as an interesting example of faulting cutting diagonally down through the strata in the upper part of its course and then curving to follow the bedding planes in the lower part of its course. The strata are highly tilted. The use of the term “initiated” had...

...-Cartagena highway, 86 kilometers (53.4 miles) from Barranquilla, Colombia, South America, presents an interesting instance of faulting in which a failure initiated as a “reverse diagonal shear” (with reference to the stratified rocks in which it occurs) passes downward into a “bedding plane shear” along...

... miles of coastline facing this body of water. The cities of Cartagena, Barranquilla, and Santa Marta are principal ports for ocean traffic but only Cartagena and Barranquilla are important for the petroleum industry. Cartagena is less favorably situated than Barranquilla because goods must...

... at Barranquilla and Cartagena, on the basis of “stratigraphic position, volume, et cetera.” Occurrence. —The Mesa formation forms conspicuous hills from La Dorada southward to at least as far as Cambao, and it is reported by Grosse, Stille, and Weiske to extend as far south as the upper reaches...