Monday, February 14, 2011

Reverse Fault


Reverse faults are exactly the opposite of normal faults. If the hanging wall rises relative to the footwall, you will have a reverse fault. Reverse faults occur in areas undergoing compression. If you imagine undoing the motion of a reverse fault, you will undo the compression and thus lengthen the horizontal distance between two points on either side of the fault.

4 comments:

  1. Very precesive info i learned alot but i would probably give this the same mark as your quiz.

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  2. Good demonstration of a reverse fault!

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  3. Will this cause an earthquake? I need an answer by 5:00 please. Thank you

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