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Tilted block faulting

 * ... that tilted block faulting can result when the upper crust is stretched?
 * Comment: part of Education Program:Louisiana State University/GEOL 4066: Plate Tectonics (Fall 2013)
 * Comment: part of Education Program:Louisiana State University/GEOL 4066: Plate Tectonics (Fall 2013)

Moved to mainspace by Aturn4000 (talk). Nominated by Graeme Bartlett (talk) at 06:51, 22 November 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Article is new enough, long enough, well-referenced. As all sources are offline, unable to check for close paraphrasing – but the cited lines are of a short enough nature, and some words are put in quotes, to indicate that the writer has paraphrased his/her research. No QPQ needed. I have 2 concerns about the nomination, however. 1) The hook is a little boring, and unless you click on extensional tectonics in the lead, you wouldn't know it's talking about "stretching" the upper crust. 2) The article has been tagged as an orphan. Could the page creator please add links to other articles that discuss the same ideas so we can remove this tag before the article appears on DYK on the main page? Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 23:21, 11 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Resolved reviewers concern. spiced up hook with explicit mention to extensional stretching.  linked page to "fault blocks" and "extensional tectonics".  Thank you very much for the review.

Aturn4000 (talk) 00:32, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I see that you corrected the lead; thanks. Where is your alternative hook? Also, an orphan is an article with 3 or fewer links to other Wikipedia pages. You've removed the tag, but made links to only 2 pages. Yoninah (talk) 00:50, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Ahh, thanks for the clarifications. I"ve additionally attached links to "tempe butte" and "metamorphic core complex" Aturn4000 (talk) 01:18, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Actually orphan is not a reason to prevent DYK qualification. But I have linked yet another page. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 04:49, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
 * And what about the hook? A little creativity here would be appreciated. Yoninah (talk) 13:18, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
 * alt1 ... that tilted block faulting can result when where the lower crust is relatively warm rather than hot, and the upper crust is stretched?
 * alt2 ... that tilted block faulting can result in ductile lower crust ascending, creating domal mountain ranges?
 * 2 proposed alternate hooks. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:04, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg OK, but ... can we add that we're talking about the Earth's crust for us non-scientific readers? Yoninah (talk) 17:04, 28 December 2013 (UTC)
 * alt3 ... that tilted block faulting can result where the Earth's lower crust is relatively warm rather than hot, and the upper crust is stretched?
 * alt4 ... that tilted block faulting can cause ductile lower crust of the Earth to ascend, creating domal mountain ranges?
 * Alternate hooks mentioning the Earth. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 07:04, 27 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol voting keep.svg Excellent. I like both hooks, though I slightly favor ALT4 for its unusual language. Offline hook refs AGF. Good to go. Yoninah (talk) 08:41, 29 December 2013 (UTC)