Hanging Wall Rises Relative To The Footwall

The hanging wall rises relative to the footwall.

Hanging wall rises relative to the footwall.

A reverse fault is the opposite of a normal fault the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall. Volcanic flow that contains a high concentration of gases ash and small rocks. Seamount underwater volcano that never reaches above sea level 2. Alternatively such a fault can be called an extensional fault.

Syncline underwater volcano whose top is eroded flat by waves 3. Reverse faults occur in areas undergoing compression squishing. The hanging wall rises relative to the footwall. Reverse faults if the hanging wall rises relative to the footwall.

Fault that occurs when two tectonic plates are moving apart from each other. The dip of a reverse fault is relatively steep greater than 45. Fault that occurs when two tectonic plates are moving apart from each other. Volcanic neck break between rocks where a hanging wall rises relative to a footwall 5.

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. The hanging wall rises relative to the footwall. Fault that occurs when two tectonic plates collide. Fault that occurs when two tectonic plates collide.

Cliff like landform created by a normal fault. A normal fault occurs when the crust is extended. Magma that has a high viscosity and high silica and gas content. Eruption tends to be very explosive.

Fault that occurs when two tectonic plates collide. Thrust fault a dip slip fault in which the upper. Horst natural hot water on earth s surface containing many minerals 7. Cliff like landform created by a normal fault.

The terminology of normal and reverse comes from coal mining in england where normal faults are the most common. Hot spring on rolling hills this a dip between hills 4. This fault occurs when a hanging wall block has risen relative to its footwall block. Reverse faults occur in areas undergoing compression squishing.

If the hanging wall rises relative to the footwall you have a reverse fault. The hanging wall drops relative to the footwall. The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall. The hanging wall drops relative to the footwall.

If the hanging wall rises relative to the footwall you have a reverse fault. Graben a raised footwall block between normal fault creates. The hanging wall drops relative to the footwall reverse fault fault that occurs when two tectonic plates collide. The hanging wall rises relative to the footwall.

Reverse faults indicate compressive shortening of the crust.