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There are many geological faults in East Africa, notably the Great Rift Valley.

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Where are faults usually found?

faults are usually found in africa


What is an Example of normal faults?

An example of a normal fault is the Great Rift Valley of Africa.


Are the three types of faults normal faults backward faults and slip faults?

No. Your terminology is close but not quite right. The three main types of faults are normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. Strike-slip faults may also be called transform faults.


What kind fault lines are there?

There are 6 types of fault lines. Strike-slip faults, dip-slip faults, oblique- slip faults, listric faults, ring faults, and synthetic and antithetic faults.


How faults are made?

Faults are created when tectonic plates are stretching or compressing. There are two types of faults which are normal and reverse faults.


How are earths faults different from your faults?

Your faults are flaws in your personality. Earth's faults are cracks in the ground along which blocks of rock move.


How are are earths faults different from your faults?

Your faults are flaws in your personality. Earth's faults are cracks in the ground along which blocks of rock move.


How are earth's faults different from your faults?

Your faults are flaws in your personality. Earth's faults are cracks in the ground along which blocks of rock move.


What are the three major types of faults are normal reverse and syncline.?

The three major types of faults are normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. Synclines are not faults but rather geological structures that describe the folding of rock layers.


What are the faults in the cable?

Cable faults are normally categorised as (a) conductor-to-earth (ground) faults, (b) conductor-to-conductor faults, and (c) conductor-to-conductor-to earth (ground) faults. In addition to that, we can categorise them by whether they are 'high-resistance' or 'low-resistance' faults.


What is the main direction of stress on blocks of rock at normql faults reverse faults and strike-slip faults?

The main direction of the stress on blocks of rock at normal faults, reverse faults and the strike slip faults usually happens at the weak areas.


Two types of faults can result in mountains which are they?

The two types of faults that can result in mountains are thrust faults and normal faults. Thrust faults occur when one tectonic plate is forced up over another, while normal faults occur when the Earth's crust is being pulled apart, causing one block to drop down relative to the other.