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Rock that is too brittle to fold under heat and pressure, will break, called
thrust faulting. When older rock ends up on top of younger rock as a result of thrust faulting, the result is the formation of fault block mountains.
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Is a thrust fault a normal fault?
No. A thrust fault is a low-angle reverse fault.
In A Blank Fault The Hanging Wall Moves Up Relative To The Footwall?
Reverse Fault
A thrust fault is a what fault with a shallow angle?
Reverse
What type of fault forms when two rocks slide past each other?
THRUST
Is The San Andreas fault in California is an example of a reverse thrust fault?
False
Fold-and-thrust belts are commonly associated with fault-block mountains?
No, so that is false.
Is a thrust fault a normal fault?
No. A thrust fault is a low-angle reverse fault.
The himalaya mountains contain many of these faults?
You would find a combination of strike-slip and thrust faults. This is what gives the mountain range the jagged look.
Is a thrust fault the same as normal fault?
No. A thrust fault is a reverse fault with a dip angle of less than 45 degrees.
In A Blank Fault The Hanging Wall Moves Up Relative To The Footwall?
Reverse Fault
Is the San Andreas fault a thrust fault?
No. It is a transform fault.
What is a thrust fault is a?
A blind thrust fault is a geological term for a type of thrust fault which does not appear on the surface - where a hanging wall makes an angle with the horizontal of less than 45 degrees, but is hidden from view.
A thrust fault is a what fault with a shallow angle?
Reverse
What fault with a shallow angle is a thrust fault?
Reverse
What is a fault that is formed when compression causes the hanging wall to move over the foot wall is a?
This is called a reverse or thrust fault.
What are 4 kinds of faults?
The normal fault, the thrust fault, the transcurrent fault , and the reverse fault.
What type of fault is keystone?
Thrust!
