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Brittle-ductile shear zone on Santa Catalina Mountain core complex

Brittle-ductile shear zone on Santa Catalina Mountain core complex

Metamorphic core complexes in Arizona formed during the Oligocene-Miocene about 25 Ma during a period of ~100% extension in parts of the crust in western North America. This picture illustrates the ductile shear zone along the Catalina Detachment Fault.

Photographer: Janel Day

Photo Date: circa 2012