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How does the hanging wall in a normal fault move in relation to a reverse fault?
A normal fault is a fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
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.
What is the foot wall and hanging wall?
a hanging wall is the pieces or rock that that forms the upper half of a fault.
When a fault is not vertical a hanging wall and what are formed?
a reverse fault
Which way do rocks move in a fault?
A fault zone is created when directed stress (as opposed to isotropic stress that simply compacts materials) overcomes the physical strength of the rock to withstand pressure leading to a pervasive crack. If the stress that created the fault is pulling the rock apart, the block that lies above the fault (the hanging wall) is bound to sink and the rocks below the fault will move upwards relative to the hanging wall. This situation is termed a "normal fault" and occurs for example in rift zones all over the world. If confining pressure produces a fault, the hanging wall is pushed on top of the rocks below the fault. This is known as a "reverse fault" and is a common phenomenon in many mountain ranges. In a special type of stress regime, faults are created along which rocks are sliding past each other horizontally. They are called "transform faults".
When compression causes a hanging wall to move over a foot wall it is what kind of fault?
Reverse
How does the hanging wall in a normal fault move in relation to a reverse fault?
A normal fault is a fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
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.
In a reverse fault where does the hanging wall move relative of the foot wall?
thrust
When a hanging wall moves up to the footwall it is a?
reverse fault. but that is when the foot wall moves down, the hanging wall moves up. in a strike-slip fault, they slide past each other, the foot wall and hanging wall are not there because it has to be like this to be a reverse or normal fault: hanging wall ----------foot wall ----------- in this diagram, the foot wall has moved down making the hanging wall move up to form a reverse fault. remember this on tests: the hanging wall is always above the fault line: /hanging wall above foot wall below / /
How does a fault block mountain work?
there is a foot wall and a hanging wall the hanging wall slips
How would you classify a fault in which the foot wall has slid over the hanging wall?
you would call it a normal fault because the hanging wall goes down and the foot wall goes up and over the hanging wall.
What is the foot wall and hanging wall?
a hanging wall is the pieces or rock that that forms the upper half of a fault.
What type of fault is tension associated with hanging wall?
the upper wall of an inclined fault
When a fault is not vertical a hanging wall and what are formed?
a reverse fault
When a fault is not vertical a hanging wall and a what is formed?
a reverse fault
When a fault is not vertical hanging wall and a are formed?
a reverse fault
