normal fault
C19982
concept
A normal fault is a type of fracture in the Earth's crust where the hanging wall block moves downward relative to the footwall block due to extensional (pull-apart) forces.
Observed surface forms (3)
- extensional fault system ×2
- detachment fault ×1
- extensional fault ×1
Instances (7)
- Wasatch Fault
- Teton fault
- Ochil Fault
- Ramapo Fault
- Limagne fault
- South Tibetan Detachment System via concept surface "detachment fault"
- Portland Fault