Based on Attitude of fault/ Rake

of net slip:
STRIKE SLIP FAULT : Where the net slip is
parallel to the strike of fault and rake of the net slip
is equal to zero.
DIP SLIP FAULT:
Where the net slip is
equal to dip of fault.
Rake of net slip is
therefore 90º

DIAGONAL SLIP
FAULT: Where
there is both strike
slip and dip slip
component. Rake of
net slip is more than
0ºbut less than 90º.
Based on attitude of fault
DIP OF FAULT
APPARENT MOVEMENT OF FAULT
Hanging wall Foot wall
See the block farthest to the right that is shaped
kind of like a foot? That’s the foot wall. Now look
at the block on the other side of the fault. See how
it’s resting or hanging on top of the footwall
block? That’s the hanging wall.
Here’s another way to think of it: the hanging
wall block is always above the fault plane, while
the foot wall block is always below the fault
plane.
Genetic classification
1. Normal Fault: Hanging
wall has moved relatively
downward. It is further
divided in to two
subclasses on the basis of
amount of dip.
I. High angle Normal fault:
those that dip greater
than 450.
II. Low Angle Normal
Fault: Those that dip less
450.
 Caused by
tension
forces
Hanging wall
moves down
A downthrown block between two normal
faults dipping towards each other is called a
graben. An upthrown block between two
normal faults dipping away from each other
is called a horst.
 2. Reverse Fault
Hanging wall has moved upward relative to the
footwall
I. High Angle
Reverse
Fault:
Amount of Dip
more than
450.
II. Low Angle
Reverse
Fault:
Amount of Dip
less than 450.
Reverse Faults
are caused by
compression
forces
Hanging wall
moves up
3. Thrust Fault:
Hanging wall has moved upward relative to footwall.

I. Over Thrust : Here the

initial dip is less than
100.
II. Under Thrust Fault: the
footwall side actually
moved and pushed it
self under neath the
Hanging wall side.
A thrust fault has the same sense of
motion as a reverse fault, but with
the dip of the fault plane at less than
45°.
Strike slip faults

Since strike slip faults are vertical, there is

neither footwall nor hanging wall. The blocks
on each side of the fault plane are referred
from their geographic position with respect to
the fault plane (e.i. NW block and SE block
across a NE-SW fault)
Strike-slip Faults

Opposing forces
cause rock to break
Move horizontally
Two types of strike slip faults can be
distinguished depending on the relative
motion of the two blocks: Dextral and sinitral
strike slip faults

Dextral strike slip: Relative motion toward

the right.

Sinistral strike slip: Relative motion toward

the left.