Back to Discover
🌍

Fracture (geology)

earth science Maturity 7-9

Rocks can break into pieces.

Fractured rock.jpg
Fractured rock.jpg
This makes a crack. The crack can be a deep line. It happens when the rock is pushed too hard. These cracks help water move through the ground. Can you find a crack in a rock?
Cracks at Sunrise-on-Sea, Eastern Cape.jpg
Cracks at Sunrise-on-Sea, Eastern Cape.jpg

47 words
🖼️ Images & Media (7)
File:Cracks at Sunrise-on-Sea, Eastern Cape.jpg
Cracks at Sunrise-on-Sea, Eastern Cape.jpg
File:Plumose fracture.jpg
Plumose fracture.jpg
File:Tensile_fracture_mechanisms.jpg
Tensile_fracture_mechanisms.jpg
File:Fractured_rock.jpg
Fractured_rock.jpg
File:Shear_fracture.jpg
Shear_fracture.jpg
File:Friction_and_faulting2.jpg
Friction_and_faulting2.jpg
File:Three-dimensional Computer Model of a Fracture and Fault Network.jpg
Three-dimensional Computer Model of a...
Up Next
🌍
Joint (geology)
Earth Science
→
More to explore

✨ What else?

Related topics you might enjoy

Joint (geology) 0% Structural geology 0% Shear (geology) 0% Slickenside 0% Shear zone 0% Ductility (Earth science) 0%

🔬 Go deeper

More advanced topics to explore

Structural geology Ductility (Earth science) Brittleness Vein (geology)

🪜 Step back

Simpler topics to build understanding

Joint (geology) Shear (geology) Slickenside Shear zone
📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 12.6 | Vital Level 5