the breaking of rocks or displacing along the fracture.
This is described as a normal fault.
A fault that occurs on folded rock layers is likely to be a thrust fault, where one block of rock is pushed up and over the other. This type of fault is common in areas where horizontal compression forces have folded the rock layers.
a normal fault
To determine whether the fault is older or younger than rock layer A, we can use the principle of cross-cutting relationships. If the fault cuts through rock layer A, it is younger than that layer, as it must have formed after the rock was deposited. Conversely, if rock layer A is found to be disrupted by the fault, then the fault is older. Therefore, examining the relationship between the fault and rock layer A is key to establishing their relative ages.
A Fault
This is described as a normal fault.
This is described as a normal fault.
Fault
This is described as a normal fault.
A Fold (anticline or syncline) - but it is not a fault. A geological Fault is a break in the rock, with the rock on one side moved relative to that on the other..
A fault that occurs on folded rock layers is likely to be a thrust fault, where one block of rock is pushed up and over the other. This type of fault is common in areas where horizontal compression forces have folded the rock layers.
This kind of fault is called a normal fault and is usually a sign of crustal extension.
This is known as the foot wall of the fault.
a normal fault
A block of rock above a fault is called the hanging wall. In a fault, the hanging wall is the block of rock that is positioned above the fault plane, while the block below the fault is called the footwall.
Faulting is caused by stress in the rock layers, the stress can break and crack the rock causing a fault. There are two types of faults a normal fault and a reverse fault.
This is described as a normal fault.