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the breaking of rocks or displacing along the fracture.
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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.
What fault moves rock downward?
a normal fault
The polished surfaces of rock which are a rasult of rock moving against rock along a fault are know as?
slickensides are polished surfaces of rock which are a rasult of rock moving against rock along a fault
If a fault occurs on an area where rock layers have folded what kind of fault will it be?
thrust or reverse fault,
What is the rock age of the normal fault?
Young, older, and oldest rock
When the rock of the fault surface Moves down relative to the rock below the fault surface what kind of fault forms?
This is described as a normal 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.
What is the break in layers of rock?
Fault
This type of fault occurs when rock moves downward at the fault line?
A normal fault is the result of the downward movement of rock along the fault line.
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 do rock layers that break but do not move form?
A Fold (anticline or syncline) - but it is not a fault. A geological Fault is a break in the rock, with the rock on one side moved relative to that on the other..
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 a fault plane moves up ward relative to the rock below a fault has occurred?
reverse fault
Rock layers cut by a fault formed?
after the fault
What fault moves rock downward?
a normal fault
What is falting rock?
Faulting is caused by stress in the rock layers, the stress can break and crack the rock causing a fault. There are two types of faults a normal fault and a reverse fault.
What happens to rock layers along a fault?
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.
