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| a fracture surface along which motion has taken place; most often found in sedimentary rocks |
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| fault along an inclined plain in which the upper side (hanging wall) appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side (footwall) |
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| a fault in which the hanging wall ins moved upwards relative to the footwall |
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| a surface along which one rock has moved horizontaly with respect to the other |
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| a portion of strata that is folded or bent; occurs when two plates are pushing in on and squeezing the plate between them |
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| a trough; a fold convex downward |
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| an arch; a fold convex upward |
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| to incline, slope, or slant |
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| a German meteorologist; came up with the idea of Pangaea |
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| a huge single landmass that all the continents used to be a part of |
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| Northern Pangaea; North America, Europe, and Asia |
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| South Pangaea; South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, and India |
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| now Mediteranian Sea, Caspian Sea, and Black Sea |
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