What happens at a reverse fault plane? A. Tension causes downward vertical movement. B. Shear causes horizontal movement. C. Compression causes upward vertical movement. D. Tension and shear cause horizontal movement.
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The exact answer for your question is option (d) – Tension and shear cause horizontal movement.
The complete opposite of a normal fault is known as the reverse fault plane. Reverse fault occurs in the areas which has constant compression particularly when the hanging wall rises relatively to the footwall.
A series of Steep Reverse Fault plane can be defined by the horizontal tilt of a nearly vertical fault plane.
Faults are divided into two major categories
i) Faults which shows horizontal movement
ii) Faults which shows vertical movements.
Faults showing vertical movements include tension and compression faults.
The tensional faults are called normal faults and the compressional faults are called reverse faults.
Compressional faults are generated by the compression of the crust give rise to suspending wall to move up.
Therefore the compression gives rise to mounting perpendicular movement