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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.

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.

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
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Footwall Hanging Wall 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.
Transcribed Image Text:Footwall Hanging Wall 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.
Has the hanging wall moved up or down? Up What specific type of fault is illustrated here? Reverse Fault
Transcribed Image Text:Has the hanging wall moved up or down? Up What specific type of fault is illustrated here? Reverse Fault
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