dip slip faults in which the hanging wall moves only down relative to the footwall are called dip-slip, offset.
dip slip faults in which the hanging wall moves only down relative to the footwall are called dip-slip, offset.
dip slip faults in which the hanging wall moves only down relative to the footwall are called?
dip-slip, offset
the two sides of a non-vertical fault are known as the "hanging wall" and "footwall". the hanging wall occurs above the fault plane and the footwall occurs below it. this terminology comes from mining: when working a tabular ore body, the miner stood with the footwall under his feet and with the hanging wall above him.









































section::::fault types.









































based on direction of slip, faults can be categorized as:









































bullet::::- "strike-slip", where the offset is predominantly horizontal, parallel to the fault trace.









































bullet::::- "dip-slip", offset is predominantly vertical and/or perpendicular to the fault trace.









































bullet::::- "oblique-slip", combining strike and dip slip.
fault (geology)
a reverse fault is the opposite of a normal fault—the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall. reverse faults indicate compressive shortening of the crust. the dip of a reverse fault is relatively steep, greater than 45°. the terminology of "normal" and "reverse" comes from coal-mining in england, where normal faults are the most common.









































a thrust fault has the same sense of motion as a reverse fault, but with the dip of the fault plane at less than 45°. thrust faults typically form ramps, flats and fault-bend (hanging wall and foot wall) folds.
fault (geology)