You have seen the following six types of faults.  Try to describe out loud each type of fault, moving your hands to show how each fault offsets blocks and layers.  Click the "Faults Home Page" button at the bottom of the page when you are done to look at these faults in different ways. 

Three kinds of Dip-Slip Faults:  

Normal Fault

Reverse Fault

  Vertical Dip-Slip Fault

Two kinds of Strike-Slip Faults

  Left-Lateral Fault

 Right-Lateral Fault

Oblique-Slip Fault

Types of Faults Summary Page