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Earthquakes 6.3
Faults
Question | Answer |
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Angle of a fault relative to horizontal. | dip |
Fault in which the dip of the fault plain is inclined relative to the horizontal. | dip-slip fault |
Fracture along which one side has moved relative to the other. | fault |
Group of faults. | fault zone |
Break in rock along which there is no movement. | joint |
Dip-slip fault in which the hanging wall drops down relative to the footwall. | normal fault |
Dip-slip fault in which the hanging wall pushes up relative to the footwall. | reverse fault |
Distance rocks move along a fault. | slip |
Fault in which the dip of the fault plane is vertical. | strike-slip fault |
Reverse fault in which the dip of the fault plane is nearly horizontal. | thrust fault |