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Faults - Coggle Diagram
Faults
The Earth's Major Plates
Indo-Australian Plate
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
Eurasian Plate
Antarctic Plate
South American Plate
African Plate
Types of Strike-Slip Faults
Left-lateral strike-slip fault
Right-lateral strike-slip fault
If you were to stand on one side of the fault and the block opposite to you moves to the left, it's a left-lateral strike-slip fault.
If you were to stand on one side of the fault and the block opposite to you moves to the right, it's a right-lateral strike-slip fault.
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Types of Faults
Reverse
Strike-slip
Normal
Occur when the hanging wall drops down relative to the footwall
Occur when the hanging wall rises relative to the footwall
Is the opposite of a reverse fault
Is the opposite of a normal fault
Results in extension
Results in compression
Has two types
Are vertical (or nearly vertical) fractures where the blocks have mostly moved horizontally.
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A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the blocks to move relative to each other.
