The fault plane is where the action is.
In a normal fault the hanging wall.
Normal dip slip faults are produced by vertical compression as earth s crust lengthens.
American heritage dictionary of the english.
An upthrown block between two normal faults dipping away from each other is a horst.
Given the angle of the fault the upper red line is on the footwall the lower red line is on the hanging wall.
It is a flat surface that may be vertical or sloping.
The opposite is a reverse fault in which the hanging wall moves up instead of down.
A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
They bound many of the mountain ranges of the world and many of the rift valleys found along spreading margins.
The red lines show the offset on the right hand fault.
Normal faults often occur in pairs with one being the main fault and the other being a smaller conjuagate fault.
Normal faults are common.
Where the fault plane is sloping as with normal and reverse faults.
A normal fault is a result of the.
The hanging wall slides down relative to the footwall.
An example of a normal fault is the infamous san andreas fault in california.
Normal fault synonyms normal fault pronunciation normal fault translation english dictionary definition of normal fault.
Other articles where normal fault is discussed.
Low angle normal faults with regional tectonic significance may be designated detachment faults.
The main components of a fault are 1 the fault plane 2 the fault trace 3 the hanging wall and 4 the footwall.