Fault Types

Which type of fault is most commonly associated with divergent plate boundaries?

What type of stress results in the formation of a reverse fault??

Strike-slip faults are characteristic of which type of plate boundary?

At what type of plate boundary would you expect to find a normal fault where the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall?

Which of the following plate boundary and fault type combinations creates mountains?

If you observe a fault where the rocks on either side have moved horizontally past each other, which type of fault is it?

Which fault type is most likely to result in the shortening and thickening of Earth's crust?

What is the primary force causing the displacement of rock along a normal fault?

In a region experiencing tensional forces, what type of fault is most likely to develop?

What geologic feature is commonly formed at strike-slip faults?

Which type of fault is characterized by the hanging wall moving upward relative to the footwall?

Along which type of plate boundary are strike-slip faults most commonly found?

What type of stress regime is associated with the formation of normal faults?

In a convergent plate boundary setting, what type of fault is most likely to occur as one plate is forced beneath another?

At what type of boundary do the plates slide past each other, often causing strike-slip faults?

What kind of fault would you expect to see in a region where the crust is being stretched?

Which type of fault is least likely to directly cause the formation of a subduction zone?

What type of fault is created by compressional forces?

Where are you most likely to find plates sliding past each other, generating strike-slip faults?

Mountains commonly form at convergent boundaries. What kind of faulting contributes to this process?