TYPES OF FAULTS

Master normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults! Understand how crustal blocks move due to stress.

Identify which among the statements describe a normal fault, reverse fault and strike-slip fault. NORMAL FAULT Two blocks of crust pull apart and create space crust is stretched into a valley result of tension stress REVERSE FAULT sliding one block of crust on top of another result of compressional stress STRIKE-SLIP FAULT rocks are sliding past each other result of shear stress