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Strike-slip (transcurrent) faults.
Oblique faults exhibit some strike-slip movement, but they also have a dip-slip component.
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San Andreas fault line type?
A transform fault boundary if I'm not mistaken. The San Andreas fault is actually a "transform" fault, which means that the movement of the plates is a side-to-side movement past each other. The Pacific plate, relatively speaking, is moving north and the North American plate is moving south. This means that the very western coast of California is sliding north past the rest of California.
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.
What type of movement do transform fault boundaries moves?
they cause the world to spin
The San Andreas fault is what type of plate motion?
The San Andreas fault is a right-lateral (dextral) strike-slip fault which marks a transform (or sliding) boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. In essence the plate boundary is destructive rather than constructive but at present the energy is directed at moving the Pacific Plate in a generally northerly direction, parallel with the coastline.
If a fault occurs in an area where rock layers have been folded which type of fault is it likely to be?
If a fault occurs in an area where rock layers have been folded, the type of fault it is likely to be is thrust faulting. This type of fault will have the ground on one side of the fault, move up and over adjacent ground.
What type of movement is a strike slip fault?
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What type of movement does a reverse fault have?
A backwards one. -_-
San Andreas fault line type?
A transform fault boundary if I'm not mistaken. The San Andreas fault is actually a "transform" fault, which means that the movement of the plates is a side-to-side movement past each other. The Pacific plate, relatively speaking, is moving north and the North American plate is moving south. This means that the very western coast of California is sliding north past the rest of California.
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.
Explain the difference between fracture and fualts in rocks.?
A fault is, generally speaking, a fracture in a rock formation which indicates crustal movement on either side. A fault is a specific type of rock fracture, for which there are many causes.
What type of fault occurs when compression forces push one side of the fault upward and the other side downward?
thrust A+
What type of fault occur when compression force push one side of the fault upward and the other side downward?
thrust A+
What type of movement do transform fault boundaries moves?
they cause the world to spin
How do you identify a fault in a cross-selection of rock layers?
The type of rock layers found on one side of the fault will either be repeated higher or lower on the other side of the fault. This proves that one side of a fault has moved (slipped).
The San Andreas fault is what type of plate motion?
The San Andreas fault is a right-lateral (dextral) strike-slip fault which marks a transform (or sliding) boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. In essence the plate boundary is destructive rather than constructive but at present the energy is directed at moving the Pacific Plate in a generally northerly direction, parallel with the coastline.
What type of joint allows side by side movement and up and down movement?
that would be the shoulder
What are dip slip faults?
Dip-slip faults is the term used for any fault that has movement in the vertical direction. One side moves up where as the other side moves down. Examples are Normal Fault and Reverse fault.
