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Craft on Earth surface

-A fault is a fracture or break in earth's crust where earthquake are most likely to occur repeatedly.

-It forms when the rocks of the crust are compressed or stretched by the blade movement.

Fault (definition,compliment,types)
fault plane- it is a flat surface that may be vertical

fault trace- the line makes on the earth's surface

hanging wall- the upper side of the wall

footwall- the lower side of the wall

Types of Fault

 Strike-slip fault: *vertical (or Example:


nearly vertical) fractures where
the blocks have mostly moved Normal Fault:
horizontally.
Reverse Fault:

Strike-slip fault:

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