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What are the faults?
There are 3 main types of faults 1. Normal 2. Strike slip 3. Reverse(Thrust) In a normal fault the foot wall stays in place while the hanging wall moves DOWNWARDS In a strike slip the tectonic plate(s) slide past each other horizontally In a reverse fault, the hanging wall gets pushed UPWARDS over the foot wall (The pictures are in the reverse order)
What happens when a fault moves suddenly?
Faults are breaks in the crust where the crust has moved. The types of dip-slip faults are normal and reverse faults. In both of these, the movement is along the slope of the fault. Sudden movements along these faults can produce fault scarps. Layers of rock being misaligned is evidence of fault movement. Fault creep is caused by slow movement along the fault.In a normal fault, the plates are moving away from each other. This is due to tension. When the fault moves, the footwall rises relative to the hanging wall. Normal faults occur at divergent boundaries, such as ocean ridges. Normal faults can produce fault-block mountains.In a reverse fault, the plates are moving towards each other. This is due to compression. Here, the footwall falls relative to the hanging wall. A thrust fault is a special type of reverse fault, where the angle is shallow. Reverse faults occur at convergent boundaries, like subduction zones.A strike-slip fault is where the two plates move horizontally past each other. The force between them is called shearing. This type of fault is often called a transform fault, because they occur at transform boundaries.
Rock above a fault that moves downward?
It moves downward.. the force behind it is tension
The dip of a unit represents what?
The dip of a unit represents the angle at which the bed inclines from the horizontal. In dip-slip faults, the fault blocks move up and down, parallel to the dip of the fault plane.
What type of fault caused the rat islands earthquake?
On February 4th, 1965, a reverse fault caused the Rat Islands Earthquake, Alaska, at 5:01 A.M.
Name three different kinds of faults?
three kinds of faults are normal fault, reverse fault, and strike-slip fault.
What are 4 kinds of faults?
The normal fault, the thrust fault, the transcurrent fault , and the reverse fault.
What is a Reverse faults?
A reverse fault is a fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
What types of faults formed in compressional stress?
reverse fault
What kind of faults do you have?
There are three kinds of faults. First there is the Strike-Slip fault. Second there is the Normal Fault and third of all there is the Reverse Fault.
What fault is made when compression pushes rocks together?
A reverse fault will occur.
What type of faults are associated with fault-block mountains?
Yes reverse faults create mountains. this happens by 2 plates collide.
Is a fault-block mountain created by reverse faults?
no
What stress causes a fault?
In a reverse fault the maximum principal stress is horizontal, compression causes reverse (thrust) faults.
Can a thrust fault be referred to as a dip slip fault?
Yes. Both thrust (reverse) and normal faults are dip-slip faults.
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.
Which type of fault is under compression?
Reverse and thrust faults are both under compressive stress.
