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Normal faults have a hanging wall and footwall
Normal Faults are common at mid-ocean ridges
Normal Faults occur where the crust is being pulled apart at the divergent plate boudary.
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Is the Owens Valley a reverse fault?
The Owens Valley is NOT a reverse fault. This valley is a normal fault.
What motion causes normal fault?
a pulling motion causes a normal fault
What is another name of a normal fault?
In a normal fault, the fault is at an angle, so one block of rock lies above the fault while the other lies below it. The rock above it is the hanging wall and the rock below it is the footwall. In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves downwards relative to the footwall.
Which type of fault is the result of tension and why?
Normal Fault
What fault moves rock downward?
a normal fault
Is the Owens Valley a reverse fault?
The Owens Valley is NOT a reverse fault. This valley is a normal fault.
Which type of fault cause a fault-block mountain to form?
Normal Fault
Which type of fault is the result of tension forces?
A normal fault.
What kind of fault is the Owens fault?
it is a normal fault.
What is another name of a normal fault?
In a normal fault, the fault is at an angle, so one block of rock lies above the fault while the other lies below it. The rock above it is the hanging wall and the rock below it is the footwall. In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves downwards relative to the footwall.
What motion causes normal fault?
a pulling motion causes a normal fault
Name three different kinds of faults?
three kinds of faults are normal fault, reverse fault, and strike-slip fault.
What are some fault?
normal fault reverse fault slip strike fault
What are the 3 fault's?
normal fault, reverse fault, strike-slip fault,
In a fault the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall?
This is true of normal faults. In thrust or reverse faults, the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall and in strike slip faults, it moves horizontally relative to the footwall.
What is the opposite of a reverse fault?
A normal fault is the opposite of a reverse fault.
Is the Hayward fault a normal fault or a reverse fault?
Neither. It is a strike-slip fault.
