Question

What forces causes faults?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Normal faults occur in places where there is tension or the rocks are being pulled apart. When the hanging wall moves up it is called a reverse fault. Reverse faults are caused by compressional forces. A low angle reverse fault is called a thrust fault because one side is being thrust onto the other.

Answer 2

Normal faults occur in places where there is tension or the rocks are being pulled apart. When the hanging wall moves up it is called a reverse fault.

Explanation:

• Reverse faults are caused by compressional forces.
• A low angle reverse fault is called a thrust fault because one side is being thrust onto the other.
• Faults are cracks in rock caused by forces that compress or stretch a section of Earth's crust.
• These plates slide under or slide past one another stressing the rock along the edges of each plate.
• Normal faults are created by tensional forces in the crust.
• The friction across the surface of the fault holds the rocks together.
• So they do not slip immediately when pushed sideways.