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Types of Faults Discussion

The document discusses different types of faults including normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. It defines key terms like hanging wall, foot wall, and fault plane. For a normal fault, the hanging wall block moves downward due to tension forces pulling the rocks apart. A reverse fault is caused by compression forces pushing rocks together, which makes the hanging wall block move upward. A strike-slip fault results from shearing forces that cause the blocks on either side to move horizontally parallel to the fault plane.

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Types of Faults Discussion

The document discusses different types of faults including normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. It defines key terms like hanging wall, foot wall, and fault plane. For a normal fault, the hanging wall block moves downward due to tension forces pulling the rocks apart. A reverse fault is caused by compression forces pushing rocks together, which makes the hanging wall block move upward. A strike-slip fault results from shearing forces that cause the blocks on either side to move horizontally parallel to the fault plane.

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Let’s PRAY

ATTENDANCE CHECK
AM I TRUE OR FALSE!!!!

1.Tension stress
creates a normal
fault.
AM I TRUE OR FALSE!!!!

2.In reverse fault, hanging


wall moves down relative
to the fault wall block.
AM I TRUE OR FALSE!!!!

3. There are hanging wall


and foot wall block on a
strike slip fault.
AM I TRUE OR FALSE!!!!

4. Strike slip fault moves


vertically .
AM I TRUE OR FALSE!!!!

5. Reverse fault forms


due to compression
force.
OBJECTIVES

1. label the different parts of


fault.
2.Identify the different types and
3.Describe each type of fault
SET A: LABEL THE
DIFFERENT PARTS
OF FAULTS
1
3 2
4

5
SET B: IDENTIFY
THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF FAULTS
1
3 2
4

5
FAULT SCARP

IT IS AN
EXPOSED FAULT
PLANE
1
3 2
4

5
FAULT TRACE OR FAULT LINE
IS THE INTERSECTION OF A
FAULT PLANE WITH THE
GROUND SURFACE. IT IS A LINE
PLOTTED ON GEOLOGIC MAPS
TO REPRESENT THE FAULT
1
3 2
4

5
HANGING WALL
BLOCK OF ROCKS
ABOVE THE FAULT
PLANE
1
3 2
4

5
FOOT WALL
BLOCK OF ROCKS
BELOW THE FAULT
PLANE
1
3 2
4

5
FAULT PLANE
A PLANE THAT
REPRESENTS THE
FRACTURE SURFACE
OF THE FAULT.
HANGING WALL
MOVES DOWN TENSION
NORMAL
HANGING WALL COMPRESSION
REVERSE MOVES UP

STRIKE MOVE
SLIP SIDEWAYS SHEAR
STRIKE
HORIZONTALLY
POSITIONED ON
THE FAULT PLANE
NORMAL FAULT
Along a normal fault, the block of
rock above the fault plane slides
down relative to the other block.
The rocks above the fault surface
move downward along with the rocks
below the fault surface.
Tension forces
Tension: forces that
pull rocks apart

Tension stretches
rock

Creates a normal
fault
Reverse Fault
Reverse Fault
The force pushing is called Compressio
Compression: forces that
push or squeeze rocks
together
Rock folds or breaks
Creates reverse faults
REVERSE FAULT
Along a reverse fault, the block of rock above
the fault plane moves up relative to the other
block. Stress that presses rocks together
causes reverse faults. Compression creates a
reverse fault.
The rocks above the fault surface are forced
up and over the rocks that are below the fault
Shearing: forces that cause
rocks on either side of faults
to push in opposite
directions
Causes rock to break and
split apart
Creates strike-slip faults
Land Plates
Land Plates

Indicates forces on the land


Land Plates

Indicates forces on the land


Land Plates

Indicates forces on the land


Land Plates

Indicates forces on the land


Land Plates

Indicates forces on the land


Land Plates

This is a Strike Slip Fault


or a Transverse Fault
San Andres Fault
Indicates forces on the land
Strike- Slip Fault
Along a strike-slip fault, blocks of rock move
sideways on either side of the fault plane. Stresses
that push blocks of rock horizontally . Shearing
forces create a strike slip fault. It has two types:
the right lateral and left lateral.
Rocks on both sides of the fault surface move past
one another without much upward or downward
movement.
LEFT LATERAL OR RIGHT LATERAL OR
SINISTRAL DEXTRAL
OBLIQUE-SLIP FAULT
NOR RE DIP OBLIQUE
STIKE STRIKE SLIP
MAL VERSE SLIP SLIP SLIP

NOR RE LEFT RIGHT


LATERAL LATERAL
MAL VERSE
1. It is a type of fault wherein the block of rock slides
down relative to the other block.
2. It is a force or a stress which can cause a reverse
fault.
3.. A type of fault wherein the block of rock
above the fault plane moves up relative to the
other block.
4.. A force or stress which can cause a normal
fault.
5. A type of fault as result of the
combination of shearing and compression
force.
1
2.
3
4.
5.

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