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What fault with a shallow angle is a thrust fault?
Reverse
What is a fault that is formed when compression causes the hanging wall to move over the foot wall is a?
This is called a reverse or thrust fault.
How does the movement of the crust along a thrust fault differ from that along a normal fault?
The movement of the crust along a thrust fault is usually a reverse movement unlike the movement along a normal fault.
What type of fault is keystone?
Thrust!
If a fault occurs on an area where rock layers have folded what kind of fault will it be?
thrust or reverse fault,
Is a thrust fault a normal fault?
No. A thrust fault is a low-angle reverse fault.
What are the three types of faults that occur in the earth ' s crust?
normal and rivesre fault, thrust fault, dip-strike fault.
What is thrust?
A thrust fault is a type of fault, or break in the Earth's crust across which there has been relative movement, in which rocks of lower stratigraphic position are pushed up and over higher strata.
Is a thrust fault the same as normal fault?
No. A thrust fault is a reverse fault with a dip angle of less than 45 degrees.
In A Blank Fault The Hanging Wall Moves Up Relative To The Footwall?
Reverse Fault
Is the San Andreas fault a thrust fault?
No. It is a transform fault.
What is a thrust fault is a?
A blind thrust fault is a geological term for a type of thrust fault which does not appear on the surface - where a hanging wall makes an angle with the horizontal of less than 45 degrees, but is hidden from view.
A thrust fault is a what fault with a shallow angle?
Reverse
What fault with a shallow angle is a thrust fault?
Reverse
What is a fault that is formed when compression causes the hanging wall to move over the foot wall is a?
This is called a reverse or thrust fault.
What are 4 kinds of faults?
The normal fault, the thrust fault, the transcurrent fault , and the reverse fault.
How does the movement of the crust along a thrust fault differ from that along the normal fault?
The movement of the crust along a thrust fault is usually a reverse movement unlike the movement along a normal fault.
