What exactly is a fault bucket and what causes it?

What causes a strike-slip fault?

  • what causes a strike-slip fault? same question for normal fault and reverse fault

  • Answer:

    Strike-slip fault: a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other. Reverse fault: A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall. Reverse faults occur where two blocks of rock are forced together by compression. Normal fault: A geologic fault in which the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall. Normal faults occur where two blocks of rock are pulled apart, as by tension.

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