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In a reverse fault, compression (plates crashing together) causes the hanging wall to move up. In a normal fault, tension ( plates pulling apart) causes the footwall to push up.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoTension, a pulling force that causes the plates to move apart, can create a normal fault. The rocks above a normal fault move downward as the plates below the fault move upward.
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∙ 14y agoThere is a hanging wall and a foot wall and the hanging wall moves downward and
causes it to look like a hill, in a way.
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∙ 12y agoThere is a hanging wall and a foot wall and the hanging wall moves downward and causes it to look like a hill, in a way.
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∙ 12y agoA geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression.
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When the rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the Rock below the fault surface what kind of fault?
This is described as a normal fault.
Here rocks above this surface are forced up and over rocks below the surface?
Reverse Fault
The location on the surface of the earth immediately above the origin of a fault is called .?
epicenter.
The name of the crack in the earth's surface above a plate boundary?
valcano valcano valcano valcano
How is the hanging wall different from the footwall?
The footwall is the block that is below the fault. The hanging wall is the fault block that is above the fault.
When the rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the Rock below the fault surface what kind of fault?
This is described as a normal fault.
The side of the fault above the inclined fault surface is the?
Hanging Wall
When the rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the rock below fault surface what kind of fault forms?
This is described as a normal fault.
What is a rocks surface immediately above a fault surface?
hanging wall
When the rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the rock below the surface what kind of fault forms?
This is described as a normal fault.
What fault rock above the fault surface moves downward in relation to rock below the fault surface?
This kind of fault is called a normal fault and is usually a sign of crustal extension.
When the rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the rock below the fault surface what kind of faults form?
This is described as a normal fault.
Here rocks above this surface are forced up and over rocks below the surface?
Reverse Fault
What occurs when rocks above the fault surface move downward in relation to rocks below the fault surface?
This kind of fault is called a normal fault and is usually a sign of crustal extension.
Where are rocks above the surface forced up and over rocks below the surface?
Reverse Fault
Why do rock above the fault surface slide down at a normal fault and up at a reverse fault?
probably because those are the definitions.
What is the area rock immediately above a fault surface?
hanging wall
