Has the hanging wall moved up or down? Moved up What specific type of fault is illustrated here? Reverse Fault
Has the hanging wall moved up or down? Moved up What specific type of fault is illustrated here? Reverse Fault
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Transcribed Image Text:Has the hanging wall moved up or down?
Moved up
What specific type of fault is illustrated here?
Reverse Fault
Draw and label the axial planes of the 2 folds in blue.
Label the limbs of the folds, and label each fold with the correct name.
What type of stress resulted in the deformation seen in this cross-section?
Compressive stress

Transcribed Image Text:Syncline
Footwall
Hanging Wall
Anticline
The diagram shows a cross-section (i.e. a vertical slice) through a sequence of deformed
sedimentary rocks.
Highlight the fault plane in red.
Is this a strike-slip or a dip-slip fault?
Dip-slip
Draw half-arrows on either side of the fault plane to indicate which direction the beds of
sedimentary rock have moved.
Label the hanging wall block and the footwall block.
0 0 o 0 660
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