Hanging Wall Up Footwall Down

In this fault the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall.

Hanging wall up footwall down. The footwall moves down relative to the hanging wall. Where the displacement of the plates takes place aka hypocenter epicenter. Then there is also a reverse fault which happens at a convergent boundary. Low angle normal faults with regional tectonic significance may be designated detachment faults.

It is caused by compression. Zones of crustal extension. In a strike slip fault they slide past each other the foot wall and hanging wall are not there because it has. Combination of dip and strike slip focus and epicenter focus.

As rehemat explained in the reverse fault the hanging wall will move up with respect to the footwall and in a normal fault the hanging wall will move down with respect to the footwall. Low angle normal fault footwall gneiss hanging wall shallow crust rocks. Footwall left side is at the bottom 2. In a normal fault the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.

The hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall. But that is when the foot wall moves down the hanging wall moves up. Hanging wall down footwall up. Note that a vertical fault with one block moving up is neither a reverse or normal fault as there is no hanging wall or footwall.

Zones of crustal extension. Boundaries of metamorphic core complexes. The crust experiences extension. Hanging wall down footwall up.

Type of regional stress. Then there is also a. San andreas fault 3. The motion of the crustal blocks is referred to as strike slip.

Movement is left and right horizontal example. The hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall. Hanging wall right side is at the bottom reverse. In a reverse fault the hanging wall moves up and the footwall moves down.

Movement is up and down vertical normal. Directly above earth s. Hanging wall up footwall down. Edges of horsts and grabens.

Basin and range region.