Hanging Wall Up Footwall Down

San andreas fault 3.

Hanging wall up footwall down.

It is caused by compression. In a normal fault the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall. But that is when the foot wall moves down the hanging wall moves up. Hanging wall down footwall up.

As rehemat explained in the reverse fault the hanging wall will move up with respect to the footwall and in a normal fault the hanging wall will move down with respect to the footwall. An upthrown block between two normal faults dipping away from each other is a horst. Then there is also a reverse fault which happens at a convergent boundary. Note that a vertical fault with one block moving up is neither a reverse or normal fault as there is no hanging wall or footwall.

Footwall left side is at the bottom 2. The hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall. Directly above earth s. Low angle normal faults with regional tectonic significance may be designated detachment faults.

Edges of horsts and grabens. Edges of horsts and grabens. Boundaries of metamorphic core complexes. The motion of the crustal blocks is referred to as strike slip.

The hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall. Then there is also a. Hanging wall down footwall up. Basin and range region.

Zones of crustal extension. Low angle normal fault footwall gneiss hanging wall shallow crust rocks. Movement is left and right horizontal example. Hanging wall up footwall down.

Combination of dip and strike slip focus and epicenter focus. In this fault the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall. Hanging wall right side is at the bottom reverse. A downthrown block between two normal faults dipping towards each other is a graben.

The crust experiences extension. Where the displacement of the plates takes place aka hypocenter epicenter. In a strike slip fault they slide past each other the foot wall and hanging wall are not there because it has. In a reverse fault the hanging wall moves up and the footwall moves down.

Type of regional stress.