It is a flat surface that may be vertical or sloping.
In a normal fault the hanging wall.
A normal fault will have a hanging wall and a footwall.
Normal faults occur in areas undergoing extension stretching.
The fault plane is where the action is.
The main components of a fault are 1 the fault plane 2 the fault trace 3 the hanging wall and 4 the footwall.
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Formed by compressional stress rocks are pushed towards each other.
A downthrown block between two normal faults dipping towards each other is a graben.
Normal fault s are common.
The hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall.
A n fault forms when the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall a.
Normal fractures in rock with no offset where there has been no motion are called.
When the fault plane is vertical there is no hanging wall or footwall.
Low angle normal faults with regional tectonic significance may be designated detachment faults.
Where the fault plane is sloping as with normal and reverse faults the upper side is the hanging wall and the lower side is the footwall.
An upthrown block between two normal faults dipping away from each other is a horst.
Hanging wall is where the ore is eroding out of the rocks.
In a normal fault the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
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Normal fault a type of fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall and the fault surface dips steeply commonly from 50 o to 90 o.
The term footwall is derived from miners finding mineral deposits where inactive faults have been filled in with mineral deposits at their feet.
Normal dip slip faults are produced by vertical compression as earth s crust lengthens.
If the hanging wall drops relative to the footwall you have a normal fault.
Normal fault geology a type of fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall and the fault surface dips steeply commonly from 50o to 90o.
A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall.
The line it makes on the earth s surface is the fault trace.
Normal faults occur where two blocks of rock are pulled apart as by tension.