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"A fault line and fault are the same cause the fault line has the same traces for a fault :}}
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That is incorrect. A fault is displaced ground, where the footwall (or hanging wall in the case of reverse faults) has been upthrust and an area of strata is exposed that was previously below the surface.
A fault-line scarp is an erosional feature, often resultant from reverse faults, because their scarps are gravitationally unstable and are almost always associated with inactive and old faults. Differential erosion can work away at less resistant beds while leaving behind a scarp of more resistant beds.
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What is meant by the word fault in terms of an earthquake?
A fault scarp is a vertical relocation of the ground along either side of a fault, usually after an earthquake, one side being higher than the other. It often marks the surface extension of a fault below. Scarps can be small or large, in some cases creating steep cliffs. An earthquake is caused when the rocks in the earth are distorted (by the slow moment of the tectonic plates that form the continents) to the point where they break and move past one another along a crack called a fault plane. If this fault plane comes to the surface of the earth then after the earthquake, the rocks on one side may have been moved so that they are now higher than the rocks on the other side. This means that a cliff has appeared along the fault and this cliff is called a fault scarp.
How do geologists recognize faults in the field?
in addition to the concise answers given above, fault could also be recognize in sedimentary terrain from; OMISSION OF STRATA, REPETITION OF STRATA AND ABRUPT CHANGE IN MORPHOLOGY OF ON EARTH SURFACE .
What does a divergent boundary create?
A convergent boundary forms when two tectonic plates collide.
What is a name for a sea cliff?
a seacliffNext Answerer:Don't be silly. Another word for sea cliff will be kind of hard, but look at what type of cliff it is. If it's very steep, then I say precipice at the water's edge. Be creative, and be as creative as you can be.
What is the chemical formula for slag?
Induction Furnace with Quartz lining: Results slag of undermentioned composition in the heats where we have used Mild Steel Scarp to produce Plain Carbon Grades SiO2 --- 60-80% MnO --- 5-20% FeO --- 10-15% Al2O3 --- 1-5%
Cliffs formed as a result of faulting are called?
A line of cliffs formed by displacement along a fault is known as a fault scarp.
What are two features that can indicate the presence of a fault?
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What is a crustal block that is downthrown with a steep fault scarp?
It is called a "don't cheat on your Intro to Physical Geography" quiz.
What is a fault scarp?
A geological landform, a scarp is a vertical relocation of the ground along either side of a fault, usually after an earthquake, one side being left higher than the other. It often marks the surface extension of an existing fault below. Scarps can be small or large, in some cases creating steep cliffs which may later erode.
What is scarp fault?
A geological landform, a scarp is a vertical relocation of the ground along either side of a fault, usually after an earthquake, one side being left higher than the other. It often marks the surface extension of an existing fault below. Scarps can be small or large, in some cases creating steep cliffs which may later erode.
How are scarps formed?
Scarps are vertical displacements of the ground surface along a fault, which may be represented by small rises or by steep cliffs. A fault scarp with relatively level land on each side is also called an escarpment.
What are some differences tilted type mountains and lifted type mountains?
Thier is a tilit mountain and a lifted mountain the tilted mountain has one scarp and one fault surface, the lifted mountain has 2 scarps and 2 fault surfaces (i hope this helps) :)
What is a line of cliffs?
Scarp
What is a plateau with cliffs called?
Scarp
What do you call a plateau cliff?
scarp
Definition of scarp?
A scarp is a very steep hill or bank. It can also mean to form a hill or bank so that it becomes steep.
What has the author Robert Charles Pease written?
Robert Charles Pease has written: 'Scarp degradation and fault history south of Carson City, Nevada' -- subject(s): Faults (Geology), Geology, Structural, Structural Geology
