DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAULT AND JOINT

JOINTS FAULTS
 Smaller  Larger
 No movement  Have lateral movement
 Cause none or very little  Cause displacement
displacement
 Formed when rocks are stretched to  Formed because of constant
their breaking point tectonic movements
 Rarely pose any threat to civilization  Can cause deadly earthquakes and
 Joints are often hairline cracks that tsunamis
are unnoticeable especially when  Faults can extend up to miles on end
viewed from a distance
EVIDENCE OF MOVEMENT ON FAULTS
FAULT BRECCIAS – forms where broken, angular fragments of rock or mineral debris
accumulate.
SLICKENSIDES - a smooth often striated surface produced on rock by movement along a
fault or a subsidiary fracture.
MYLONITE - metamorphic rock formed by ductile deformation during intense
shearing encountered during folding and faulting, a process termed cataclastic or
dynamic metamorphism.
FAULT LINES IN THE PHILIPPINES
1. West Valley Fault – also known as Marikina Valley Fault line.
- It is the most geologically active fault in the Philippines.
- It has a 400-year cycle.
- The last major earthquake generated by this fault was in 1658.

2. Central Philippine Fault – Location of great earthquakes, slow events and creep activity.
- A transition zone with slow slip and creep activity.
- It comprises the Guinayangan fault, Masbate fault, and the Central Luzon fault.

3. East Philippine Fault – also known as Eastern Philippine Fault.

- 10 km length and crosses along the municipalities of Rodriguez and San Mateo, Rizal.

- Affected area: Philippine Sea

4. Southern of Mindanao Fault – Affected areas: Moro Gulf, Celebes Sea

5. Western Philippine Fault – Affected Areas: Luzon Sea, Mindoro Strait, Panay Gulf, Sulu Sea