Who’s FAULT is it?

Picture and Images of Different Types of Faults

1. Strike Slip Fault

San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain, central California(Photo by Robert E. Wallace)

San Andreas faultPhoto by Robert E. Wallace)

San Andreas faultPhoto by Robert E. Wallace)

Boundary? Stress?

Transform Boundary, Shearing Stress

More evidence of lateral movement

Offset Fence - San Andreas Fault California

Photo by Jim Mueller

2. REVERSE FAULT(compression)

Hanging Wall

Foot Wall

A reverse fault that also has folded parts of a mountain found in Canada.

Photo By Rick Allmendinger

Reverse fault (left of center) in marble, Brazil.

Reverse fault in the Catskills

Reverse fault in the Alps

A Reverse Fault in the Andes Mountains, Chile.Photo By Rick Allmendinger

3. NORMAL FAULT

A Normal

Fault

Location :

Marble Falls,

Texas

HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS IS A NORMAL FAULT AND NOT A REVERSE??

LOOK AT THE RED LINE!!!!!

Divergent Boundary

More photos of Normal Faults

Lion Mountain, Texas

The Great Rift Valley, Africa

Earthquake Trail in Kilauea, Hawaii

Photo by Henry Johnson

Fold - Location Rainbow Gap, VirginiaANTICLINE

Photo by Duncan Heron

Fold - Location West VirginiaSYNCLINE

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