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Two fault sets can be defined: one dipping 40 ~ towards an azimuth of 210 (SSW) and another are sub-vertical with a similar strike direction. Both fault sets are extensional relative to initial (pre-folding) orientation of the bedding, and the majority of lineations indicate dip-slip movement. However, the sub-vertical fault set appear to be reverse faults in the present day. There is no evidence of drag or rotation of bedding in either footwalls or hanging walls adjacent to the faults. This may be due to the brittle nature of the faulted stratigraphy, which fractures rather than folds, and the relatively low displacement values.
In the Tang-e-Ab profile in the forelimb there is a large spread in fracture orientation, similar to what is observed in the same structural position at the Tang-e-Takab profile. The classical fracture sets of Stearns (1967) or Price (1966) are not recognized in rose diagrams of fracture strike. Instead the two dominating fracture set is oriented in between the R2 and T1 (or between type 1 and type 2 of Stearns), and a third set between R1 and T 1 . Fracture spacing and fracture intensity Fracture spacing distribution was analysed for each individual fractures set.
The NE fold limb of the Tang-e-Takab profile exposes a series of normal faults and associated structures (Fig. 13a). The faults, which have relatively small displacements ( 1 - 7 m), appear to be typical of the northeastern limb of the Khaviz Anticline. The faults can be compared with larger displacement structures seen in the crest and hinge zones of the anticline (Figs 4 and 5a). In this area the bedding dips 40 ~ towards an azimuth of 020 (NNE). Two fault sets can be defined: one dipping 40 ~ towards an azimuth of 210 (SSW) and another are sub-vertical with a similar strike direction.