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→Tectonic fracture trap families
==Tectonic fracture trap families==
==Tectonic fracture trap families==
The outline below shows the order of the families of the tectonic fracture trap superfamily and defines some of them.
The outline below shows the order of the families of the tectonic fracture trap superfamily and defines some of them.
{| class=wikitable
|-
! Regime || Superclass || Class || Superfamily || Family || Subfamily
|-
| rowspan = 8 | Fracture || colspan = 5 | Extension
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| colspan = 5 | Shear
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| rowspan = 6 | Complex || colspan = 4 | Parallel
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| rowspan = 5 | Intersecting || rowspan = 5 | Tectonic fracture trap; Fractures were generated by crustal tectonic stresses, whether compressional, extensional, or transpressional. || rowspan = 2 | Fold-related fracture trap; Fractures are intimately associated with and controlled by tectonic folds. || Related to zone of maximum curvature.
|-
| Hydrofractures
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| rowspan = 2 | Fault-related fracture traps; Fractures are intimately associated with or controlled by tectonic faults. || Fractures related to normal faults
|-
| Fractures related to wrench faults
|-
| colspan = 2 | Regional fracture trap; Fractures occur over a broad area unrelated to specific folds or faults and in which fractures are thought to have been created by regional tectonic stresses.
|}
'''Regime:''' Fracture
'''Regime:''' Fracture