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Q: How do you assess the likely risks arising from faults such as fire electric shock and damage to plant?
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Faults are formed by brittle deformations and folds are formed by ductile deformation.


Are the three types of faults normal faults backward faults and slip faults?

No. Your terminology is close but not quite right. The three main types of faults are normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. Strike-slip faults may also be called transform faults.


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How are earths faults different from your faults?

Your faults are flaws in your personality. Earth's faults are cracks in the ground along which blocks of rock move.


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Your faults are flaws in your personality. Earth's faults are cracks in the ground along which blocks of rock move.


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What are the faults in the cable?

Cable faults are normally categorised as (a) conductor-to-earth (ground) faults, (b) conductor-to-conductor faults, and (c) conductor-to-conductor-to earth (ground) faults. In addition to that, we can categorise them by whether they are 'high-resistance' or 'low-resistance' faults.