Below are two blocks with horizontal layers. In the the movie on the left, you can rotate a block that has already been faulted. On the right, you can rotate the block and change the offset of the fault. Note that the movement is dip-slip, in this case down the dip of the fault. This type of dip-slip fault is called a normal fault (it seems normal for the block above the fault to slip down this way). |
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Rotate block |
Rotate block Offset fault |
Continue to the next page to examine different types of faults. |
Faults - Normal |