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Types of Faults: Descriptions & Illustrations

The document outlines different types of geological faults, including normal, reverse, strike-slip, and oblique faults. Each fault type is described in terms of its inclination, direction of slip, and the tectonic settings in which they typically occur. The activity includes a cut-and-paste exercise for students to illustrate and label these faults.

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Types of Faults: Descriptions & Illustrations

The document outlines different types of geological faults, including normal, reverse, strike-slip, and oblique faults. Each fault type is described in terms of its inclination, direction of slip, and the tectonic settings in which they typically occur. The activity includes a cut-and-paste exercise for students to illustrate and label these faults.

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NAME: ___________________________________________________SECTION: _______________________________________

DATE: ___________________________ SCORE: _________________PARENT’S SIGNATURE: __________________________

ACTIVITY #1: TYPES OF FAULTS


CUT AND PASTE
ILLUSTRATION NAME OF FAULT DESCRIPTION

NORMAL FAULT STRIKE SLIP


FAULT
- Nearly vertical with minimal - Inclined at an angle less than 45
inclination from the horizontal degrees from the horizontal
- Direction of slip: Horizontal motion, - Direction of slip: Vertical motion,
REVERSE FAULT where two tectonic plates slide past
each other horizontally.
where hanging wall moves
downward relative to the footwall
that occurs from tensional tectonic
settings.
- Inclined at an angle greater than 45 - Is a type of fault in which the two
degrees from the horizontal blocks on either side of the fault
- Direction of Slip: Vertical motion, move in two different directions
OBLIQUE FAULT where hanging wall moves upward
relative to the footwall that typically
simultaneously, combining both
normal or reverse faulting with a
form in compressional tectonic strike slip component.
settings from tensional tectonic
settings.

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