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    ASSIGNME

    NT
    IN
    SCIENCE 8
    ANGEL CHLOE V. BAGWISA
    GRADE 8 - DIONE
    FAULT
    A fault is a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock. Faults allow the blocks to move relative to each other.
    This movement may occur rapidly, in the form of an earthquake - or may occur slowly, in the form of creep. Faults may
    range in length from a few millimeters to thousands of kilometers. Most faults produce repeated displacements over
    geologic time. During an earthquake, the rock on one side of the fault suddenly slips with respect to the other. The fault
    surface can be horizontal or vertical or some arbitrary angle in between.

    TYPES OF FAULTS

    1. Normal Fault
    A normal fault is a geological fault where the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall due to
    extensional forces, typically associated with divergent plate boundaries. Normal faults can be observed in various
    geological settings, such as rift zones and areas undergoing tectonic stretching.

    2. Reverse/thrust Fault
    A reverse/thrust fault is a geological fault where the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall due to
    compressional forces, often associated with convergent plate boundaries. This type of fault can result in significant
    geological features and can also generate powerful seismic events.

    3. Strike-slip fault
    A strike-slip fault is a geological fault where the movement of tectonic plates occurs predominantly horizontally, parallel to
    the fault plane, in opposite directions, typically due to horizontal shearing forces. These faults are commonly found along
    transform plate boundaries, such as the San Andreas Fault in California.

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