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What is the definition of reverse fault? A fault along the Earth's crust is identified by the corresponding type of stress that caused its formation. In geology, a stress is defined as the amount of force exerted on a unit of surface area. Generally, shear stress forms transform faults, compressive stress creates reverse faults and tensional stress produces normal faults.
Thrust faults are reverse faults with dips of less than 45Â°.Because the hanging wall block moves up and over the footwall block, reverse and thrust faults result in ashortening of the crust, as shown in Figure 6B and 6C.Most high-angle reverse faults are small.trike-Slip Faults Faults in which the movement is horizontal and parallel to the trend, or strike, of the fault surface are calledstrike-slip faults, as shown in Figure 6D. Because of their large size and linear nature, many strike-slip faultsproduce a trace that is visible over a great distance.