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Fig. 8-5. Strata thickening across growth faults, Rio Grande Embayment, Texas, U.S.A. (Modified after
Murray, 1961, in Fertl, 1976, fig. 1.18, p. 26.)
(a) (b] (c)
Deposition > Subsidence Deposition = Subsidence Deposition < Subsidence
Fig. 8-6. (a,b,c) Development of three types of contemporaneous fault systems. (Modified after Bruce, 1973,
in Fertl, 1976, fig. 1.19, p. 26. Courtesy of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.)
