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Normal fault
Folding is usually the result of compressional stress. This may also cause thrust / reverse faults.
a tear 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".
Lateral movements of diverging plates.
normal fault
Tectonic shear stress.
Reverse!
and what type of fault is created with each type of stress
In a reverse fault the maximum principal stress is horizontal, compression causes reverse (thrust) faults.
shearing
Normal Fault
Strike-slip Faults
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A reverse fault may form when rocks are compressed.
tension (Dip-Slip Normal fault)
A normal fault.