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The type of fault in which the haning wall moves up relative to the footwall is called a?
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What occurs when the hanging wall moves relative to the footwall?
A normal fault.
In a reverse fault where does the hanging wall move relative of the foot wall?
thrust
What is it called when faults move gradually rather than suddenly?
Faults are breaks in the crust where the crust has moved. The types of dip-slip faults are normal and reverse faults. In both of these, the movement is along the slope of the fault. Sudden movements along these faults can produce fault scarps. Layers of rock being misaligned is evidence of fault movement. Fault creep is caused by slow movement along the fault.In a normal fault, the plates are moving away from each other. This is due to tension. When the fault moves, the footwall rises relative to the hanging wall. Normal faults occur at divergent boundaries, such as ocean ridges. Normal faults can produce fault-block mountains.In a reverse fault, the plates are moving towards each other. This is due to compression. Here, the footwall falls relative to the hanging wall. A thrust fault is a special type of reverse fault, where the angle is shallow. Reverse faults occur at convergent boundaries, like subduction zones.A strike-slip fault is where the two plates move horizontally past each other. The force between them is called shearing. This type of fault is often called a transform fault, because they occur at transform boundaries.
What is a break in earth's crust along which portions of earth's crust move relative to one another called?
They are called fault lines.
Name the different faults of earthquakes?
Strike-Slip, Reverse, and Normal Faults.A more detailed answerThere are broadly 5 types of fault. These include the following:Dip-slip faultsStrike-slip / transcurrent faultsOblique-slip faultsListric faultRing faultDip slip faults are those where the relative motion on the fault is broadly vertical. Examples include normal faults where the hanging wall moves down relative to the foot wall. Reverse faults have the opposite sense of motion, with the hangingwall moving up relative to the footwall. Thrust faults are a special type of reverse fault where the dip of the fault plane is at a shallower angle than 45 degrees from the horizontal.Strike slip or transcurrent faults are those where the relative motion on the fault is broadly horizontal. The fault plane in these types of faults is normally near vertical and the sense of motion is described in terms of the relative movement of the rockmass on the far side of the fault plane. If this relative movement is to the left, then it is known as a sinistral fault. If the motion is to the right it is a dextral fault.Oblique slip faults are those which have a significant component of both vertical and horizontal movement. They can be thought of as a composite of the dip slip and strike slip faults.Listric faults are characterised by a curved fault plane surface. They usually start off relatively steep and then become more shallow with increased depth and may ultimately become horizontal.Ring faults are a special type of fault associated with the formation of a caldera during the collapse of a volcano.
When the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall what is that called?
It is called a Normal Fault.
What fault will the hanging wall move down relative to the footwall?
Normal Fault
In a fault the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall?
This is true of normal faults. In thrust or reverse faults, the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall and in strike slip faults, it moves horizontally relative to the footwall.
What is a reverse fault and how does it form?
A fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall
The hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall in a?
Reverse Fault
When the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall it is a fault.?
Thrust
When the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall it is a fault .?
Thrust
When the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall is it a fault.?
Thrust
The hanging wall moves up relative to footwall in a?
Reverse Fault
The hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall in?
A normal fault
What occurs when the hanging wall moves relative to the footwall?
A normal fault.
What is the block of rock that forms a lower half of a fault?
The footwall
