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Question | Answer |
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Fault | break or crack along which rocks move |
Reverse fault | if compression is acting on a fault, the hanging wall will move up relative to them foot wall |
Hanging wall | the block above the fault |
Thrust fault | a special type of reverse fault |
Foot wall | the block of rock below a fault |
Lateral fault | a fault along which the blocks move horizontally past each other |
Normal fault | a fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the foot wall |