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What type of fault is characterized by the hanging wall moving down in respect to the footwall?
What type of fault is characterized by the hanging wall moving down in respect to the footwall?
- Reverse fault
- Normal fault (correct)
- Strike-slip fault
- Thrust fault
Which type of fault is associated with the smallest (least compressive) stress being vertical?
Which type of fault is associated with the smallest (least compressive) stress being vertical?
- Thrust fault
- Reverse fault (correct)
- Strike-slip fault
- Normal fault
What is the term used for a low angle reverse fault?
What is the term used for a low angle reverse fault?
- Thrust fault (correct)
- Normal fault
- Strike-slip fault
- Oblique fault
Which type of fault is characterized by horizontal movement?
Which type of fault is characterized by horizontal movement?
What type of structure results in a local steepening in dip of the strata?
What type of structure results in a local steepening in dip of the strata?
In which type of fault is the movement along the dip of the fault?
In which type of fault is the movement along the dip of the fault?
What type of faulting involves two blocks moving either left or right relative to each other?
What type of faulting involves two blocks moving either left or right relative to each other?
What kind of structure is associated with crustal shear and also known as wrench faults?
What kind of structure is associated with crustal shear and also known as wrench faults?
What is the term used to describe a series of down-arched strata with limbs dipping inwards in opposite directions towards the fold axis?
What is the term used to describe a series of down-arched strata with limbs dipping inwards in opposite directions towards the fold axis?
Which geologic force creates stress on the crust, tending to change its size and shape?
Which geologic force creates stress on the crust, tending to change its size and shape?
What is the imaginary line with compass direction constructed on the surface of a sedimentary bed or fault in which points on that line are of equal elevation called?
What is the imaginary line with compass direction constructed on the surface of a sedimentary bed or fault in which points on that line are of equal elevation called?
In geology, what does 'dip' refer to?
In geology, what does 'dip' refer to?
