GEOL 101 Midterm 2 - Faults

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Dip-Slip fault

normal fault and reverse fault

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strike-slip fault

transform faults, shear forces (horizontal)

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Dip-Slip

movement along dip line of the fault, some vertical offset

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Strike-slip

slip is along strike only, no vertical offset, only horizontal

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Normal fault

head wall down and foot wall up

occur with tensional forces, earth is pulling apart (rifting zones, divergent boundaries)

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reverse fault

head wall up, foot wall down

compressional forces, earth is being compressed/squeezed (convergent boundaries)

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thrust fault

type of reverse fault, lower angle where head wall is thrust on top of foot wall