Brevard Fault

[2] Arthur Keith from the United States Geological Survey first identified an exposed segment of the Brevard Fault in 1905,[3] believing it to be a syncline.

[3] Using modern methods of seismic reflection and high-resolution profiling, geologists have since discovered that the Brevard Fault Zone has undergone both thrust and strike-slip movement.

[7] Many studies of the fault come from Grandfather Mountain in the Linville Fall Quadrangle,[8] which contains the exposed region that was first discovered by Arthur Keith.

[3] The Brevard Fault Zone contains diverse lithologies, but it is primarily composed of mylonitic metagraywacke, schist, amphibolite, and gneiss[9] that underwent metamorphism 350–360 million years ago.

[1] The Fault Zone is characterized by ductile behavior as indicated by the widespread presence of mylonitic and phyllonitic rocks.