Landslides in the Sydney Basin - Geoscience Australia
Landslides in the Sydney Basin - Geoscience Australia
Landslides in the Sydney Basin - Geoscience Australia
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Seismic Hazard <strong>in</strong> <strong>Sydney</strong>Proceed<strong>in</strong>gs of <strong>the</strong> one day workshopFigure 4: Field photographs from WheenyGap Ridge. (a) potential slickenside on 45ºwest dipp<strong>in</strong>g sandstone bedd<strong>in</strong>g plane <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>hang<strong>in</strong>g wall fold of <strong>the</strong> Kurrajong Fault. (b)vertically sheared and fractured sandstoneon Wheeny Gap Ridge at <strong>the</strong> location wherea sub-vertical fault is <strong>in</strong>ferred to cross <strong>the</strong>ridge (see Fig. 3a for location). (c) <strong>the</strong>Wheeny Gap Fault exposed <strong>in</strong> a cliff on <strong>the</strong>nor<strong>the</strong>rn side of Wheeny Gap. View<strong>in</strong>gposition and direction is <strong>in</strong>dicated bysou<strong>the</strong>rn red arrow <strong>in</strong> Fig. 5a.Figure 5: SPOT 5 images of Wheeny Gap. (a) nor<strong>the</strong>rn extension of Wheeny Gap Fault is<strong>in</strong>dicated by arrows. Displaced cliff face is circled. (b) same as a, but with fault traces <strong>in</strong>ferredas per Fig. 3.37