Rock mechanics

Question 1

what force forms normal faults?

Answer 1

tension

Question 2

what force forms reverse faults?

Answer 2

compression

Question 3

what force causes folding?

Answer 3

compression

Question 4

what force forms a tear fault?

Answer 4

shear force

Question 5

fault plane

Answer 5

line along which movement has occurred

Question 6

throw

Answer 6

the amount of vertical displacement of the rocks

Question 7

dip slip

Answer 7

movement parallel to fault plane generally vertical

Question 8

strike slip

Answer 8

movement parallel to the strike of the fault generally horizontal

Question 9

fault dip

Answer 9

the angle the fault makes with the horizontal

Question 10

hanging wall

Answer 10

the side that lies above the fault plane

Question 11

footwall

Answer 11

the side that lies below the fault plane

Question 12

downthrow

Answer 12

the side of the fault that has moved down

Question 13

upthrow

Answer 13

the side of the fault that has moved up

Question 14

bed

Answer 14

a layer of sedimentary rock with a thickness greater than 1cm

Question 15

dip

Answer 15

the maximum angle of inclination of a rock surface from the horizontal

Question 16

strike

Answer 16

a horizontal line on a rock surface

Question 17

bedding plane

Answer 17

the line that separates each bed and is parallel to the surface of deposition