Faults

Question 1

How and what is a dip slip fault?

Answer 1

Form under compressional or tension
Rocks are displace parallel to dip
Rocks are either stretched or smashed

Question 2

What happens in a normal fault?

Answer 2

Tensile stress

Hanging wall is downthrown

Question 3

What happens in a reverse fault?

Answer 3

Compressive and hanging wall is upthrown

Question 4

What is a thrust fault?
a step fault?
a Horst and graben fault?

Answer 4

Thrust- low angle reverse
Step-series of normal faults dipping the same way(like steps)
Horst and graben- 2 normal faults dipping towards each other

Question 5

What are features of fault planes?

Answer 5

Fault breccia-where competent rocks shatter along a fault plane
Slicked slides- where rocks are polished and scratched by movement forming linear fooled and ridges

Question 6

What are strike slip faults?

Answer 6

Rocks displaces parallel to strike fault plane

Question 7

What is a fault?

Answer 7

When rocks are put under differential stress and fracture in a brittle manner