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A fault at which blocks of earth push or pull apart with one block of crust sliding up or down a sloped fault planesurface is called a?
Q:A fault at which blocks of earth push or pull apart with one block of crust sliding up or down a sloped fault planesurface is called a? A:Fault planesurface is called dip-slip for this type of fault. P. S. J. F. M.
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.
When does fault comes?
A fracture is when rock splits (cracks). A fault is when a fracture has slipped - movement either up, down or sideways.
In a strike slip fault the rocks on either side of the slip past each other with little?
Strike-slip faults have little vertical motion.
In a strike-slip fault the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with the little?
up or down motion
What type of fault can you climb up?
a strike slip fault
What type of motion is found along a reverse fault?
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What is the name of the fault that runs up and down the state of California?
San Andrea fault
What type of mountain is formed when rock on one side of a fault moves down and rock on the other side moves up?
A Block Mountain.
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.
A fault at which blocks of earth push or pull apart with one block of crust sliding up or down a sloped fault planesurface is called a?
Q:A fault at which blocks of earth push or pull apart with one block of crust sliding up or down a sloped fault planesurface is called a? A:Fault planesurface is called dip-slip for this type of fault. P. S. J. F. M.
What type of fault are the Rocky Mountains?
They are dome(up-warped) mountains
Why do rock above the fault surface slide down at a normal fault and up at a reverse fault?
probably because those are the definitions.
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.
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.
What type of fault was the 1960 Valdivia earthquake caused by?
a reverse fault, a fault in which the faults push together. rocks above the fault move up. ex. the Himalayas
What is a description of strike slip fault?
There is little up or down motion
