Types+of+Faults

Types of Faults There are 3 different types of faults, which include the Dip-Slips, the Strike-Slip fault, and an Oblique Slips. Under the Dip-Slips, there are the Normal fault and the Reverse fault. All faults are caused by stress. Dip-Slips Dip-Slips have two kinds of fault: the normal faults and the reverse faults. The normal faults are caused by tension stress, at divergent boundaries. Reverse faults are caused by compression stress at convergent boundaries; another fault that is cause by the same stress and at the same place are thrust faults. Strike-Slip Strike-Slip faults are caused by sheer stress at a transform boundary. An example of this is the San Andreas Fault, which separates California and the United States. Oblique Slips Oblique faults are a combination of a Strike-Slip fault and a Dip-Slip. It moves up or down at the same time it is moving vertically.

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