Although displacements of these kinds can result from landslides and other shallow processes, surface faulting, as the term is used here, applies to differential movements caused by deep-seated forces in the Earth, the slow movement of sedimentary deposits toward the Gulf of Mexico, and faulting associated with salt domes.
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the term surface faulting, as the term is used here differential movements the slow movement of sedimentary deposits toward the Gulf of Mexico
is used applies caused faulting associated
L:here
to differential movements
by deep-seated forces in the Earth
with salt domes