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Astrike-slip fault it when the hanging wall and the footwall slide past each other.

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What is three types of faults include a strike-slip fault a what fault and a reverse fault?

Three types of faults include: Strike-slip fault: horizontal movements along the fault line Normal fault: caused by tensional forces, with the hanging wall moving down relative to the footwall Reverse fault: caused by compressional forces, with the hanging wall moving up relative to the footwall


Three types of faults?

The normal fault, the thrust fault, the transcurrent fault , and the reverse fault.


What faults are correctly associated with which types of stress?

Normal fault: Associated with tensional stress, where the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall. Reverse fault: Associated with compressional stress, where the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall. Strike-slip fault: Associated with shear stress, where the rocks move horizontally past each other.


How does the position of a hanging wall relative to the footwall give evidence of the stress placed on a rock layer?

The position of the hanging wall relative to the footwall in a fault zone can indicate the direction and type of stress that caused the faulting. In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall due to extensional stress. In a reverse fault, the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall due to compressional stress. Strike-slip faults show lateral movement caused by horizontal shear stress.


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.

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What is three types of faults include a strike-slip fault a what fault and a reverse fault?

Three types of faults include: Strike-slip fault: horizontal movements along the fault line Normal fault: caused by tensional forces, with the hanging wall moving down relative to the footwall Reverse fault: caused by compressional forces, with the hanging wall moving up relative to the footwall


What are the 3 types of fault?

Reverse faultNormal faultStrike-slip fault


What are three types of movements that occur along faults?

Normal faulting, where the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall. Reverse faulting, where the hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall. Strike-slip faulting, where horizontal movement occurs parallel to the fault plane.


Is San Andreas fault a reverse fault?

The San Andreas fault is a strike-slip fault, where two tectonic plates move horizontally past each other. It is not a reverse fault, where the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall due to compression.


How is one type of fault distinguished from another?

A slip-strike fault is one where the two areas move sideways with regard to one another. A normal fault is where one area drops down, and a reverse fault is one where an area is thrust upwards.


Three types of faults?

The normal fault, the thrust fault, the transcurrent fault , and the reverse fault.


Why doesn't a strike slip fault have a hanging wall or foot-wall?

A strike-slip fault is characterized by horizontal movement of rock masses along the fault line, primarily due to lateral shear forces. In this type of faulting, the rocks on either side of the fault slide past each other without significant vertical displacement. Consequently, there is no distinct hanging wall or footwall, which are typically defined in normal or reverse faults where vertical movement is predominant. Instead, the two sides of a strike-slip fault remain relatively level with respect to one another.


What faults are correctly associated with which types of stress?

Normal fault: Associated with tensional stress, where the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall. Reverse fault: Associated with compressional stress, where the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall. Strike-slip fault: Associated with shear stress, where the rocks move horizontally past each other.


How does the position of a hanging wall relative to the footwall give evidence of the stress placed on a rock layer?

The position of the hanging wall relative to the footwall in a fault zone can indicate the direction and type of stress that caused the faulting. In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall due to extensional stress. In a reverse fault, the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall due to compressional stress. Strike-slip faults show lateral movement caused by horizontal shear stress.


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.


Is a transform fault and reverse fault the same?

No. A transform fault is a lateral movement across the strike. Huge transform faults dominate the Atlantic Ocean floor like ribs extending from the sides of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. A reverse fault has vertical displacement (becoming horizontal at depth if listric) in which the hanging wall drops relative to the footwall, and is associated with continental crust thinning and spreading.


Which side of the fault would be in the hanging fault San Andreas?

No side is consistently the hanging wall or the footwall for the San Andreas Fault. Some parts of it dip east while others dip west. Since the San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip fault, which blocks form the hanging wall and footwall is not particularly important.