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What are faults?
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stress breaks a rock allowing rock surfaces to slip past each other and move either up or down, or sideways
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What are 3 types of faults.
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normal, reverse, strike-slip
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Normal Fault
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Occur where plates diverge
Caused by tension footwall top hanging wall bottom |
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Reverse Faults
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Caused by compression
Convergent plates footwall bottom hanging wall on top |
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Strike-Slip Faults
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Caused by shearing
side to side Can form transform boundaries |
