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What fault will the hanging wall move down relative to the footwall?
Normal Fault
In what type of fault does the hanging wall move up relative to the footwall?
transform
Where in the reverse fault does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?
The answer would be upward
When a hanging wall moves up to the footwall it is a?
reverse fault. but that is when the foot wall moves down, the hanging wall moves up. in a strike-slip fault, they slide past each other, the foot wall and hanging wall are not there because it has to be like this to be a reverse or normal fault: hanging wall ----------foot wall ----------- in this diagram, the foot wall has moved down making the hanging wall move up to form a reverse fault. remember this on tests: the hanging wall is always above the fault line: /hanging wall above foot wall below / /
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.
What fault will the hanging wall move down relative to the footwall?
Normal Fault
How does the hanging wall move in relation to the footwall?
normal fault
In what type of fault does the hanging wall move up relative to the footwall?
transform
Where in the reverse fault does the hanging wall move relative to the footwall?
The answer would be upward
In a reverse fault where does the hanging wall move relative of the foot wall?
thrust
How does the hanging wall in a normal fault move in relation to a reverse fault?
A normal fault is a fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
How does a rock move on a normal fault?
A normal fault is a product of tension so the hanging wall of the fault slides down the footwall. If you look into the fault plane, and it slopes from lower left to top right, the (over)hanging wall is on the left and you will see its younger rocks have slid down to meet older ones on the footwall opposite.
How does the rock move on a normal fault?
A normal fault is a product of tension so the hanging wall of the fault slides down the footwall. If you look into the fault plane, and it slopes from lower left to top right, the (over)hanging wall is on the left and you will see its younger rocks have slid down to meet older ones on the footwall opposite.
What characteristics of a fault tell you whether it is a normal fault or a reverse fault?
A reverse fault is in a zone of compressional faulting, rocks in the hanging wall are pushed up relative to rocks in the footwall. A normal fault is in a zone of tensional faulting, rocks in the hanging wall drop down relative to those in a footwall forming a normal fault.
When a hanging wall moves up to the footwall it is a?
reverse fault. but that is when the foot wall moves down, the hanging wall moves up. in a strike-slip fault, they slide past each other, the foot wall and hanging wall are not there because it has to be like this to be a reverse or normal fault: hanging wall ----------foot wall ----------- in this diagram, the foot wall has moved down making the hanging wall move up to form a reverse fault. remember this on tests: the hanging wall is always above the fault line: /hanging wall above foot wall below / /
In what direction do rocks above anormal fault surface moves?
In a reverse fault, compression (plates crashing together) causes the hanging wall to move up. In a normal fault, tension ( plates pulling apart) causes the footwall to push up.
What is the difference between 3 faults?
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