Effects of Faulting

    Faulting is essentially a process of rupturing and displacement along the plane of rupture. Its effects may involve
          * Changes in the elevation of the ground
          * Omission of some strata where they are normally expected.
          * Repetation of some strata in a given direction against the normal order of superposition.
           * Displacements and shifts in the continuity of the same rock in certain regions.
     In faults of some magnitude it needs lot of field work involves extensive mapping on the exposed outcrops and also geophysical measurements for establishing contacts of different types of rocks. It is only from the study of geological maps that the existence of faults at the first place and their effects on the rocks may get established with some certainty. Further the features produced due to faulting on the ground are subject to modifications by the subaerial processes of weathering and erosion with passage of time.