The rock layers that a fault passes through had to have already existed for them to break and create a fault. This is analogous to the door panel of your car had to have already existed for it to bend and create a dent.
A fold
Not necessarily. Rock layers along a strike-slip fault may be offset if they are dipping.
Folding.
thrust or reverse fault,
The rock layers that a fault passes through had to have already existed for them to break and create a fault. This is analogous to the door panel of your car had to have already existed for it to bend and create a dent.
Usually along a fault the rock layers are broken and displaced in some manner so that the rock layers are not continuous across the fault.
is a fault...
Fault
A fold
A Syncline is where lays of rock bend downwards and then curve up. An Anticline is the opposite: layers of rock bend upwards and then down.
after the fault
Folds are the when the rock layers bend. Faults are breaks in the rock layers. Folds are called anticlines and synclines. Faults are called reverse faults, normal faults, or strike-slip faults.
Not necessarily. Rock layers along a strike-slip fault may be offset if they are dipping.
Folding.
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