What is the difference between a thrust fault and a reverse ...

[mspears3]

What is the difference between a thrust fault and a reverse fault? What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is the distinction between the hanging wall block and the footwall block of a fault?
   What will be an ideal response?
 
 

[Mochi]

Answer to Question 1

A thrust fault is a special case of reverse fault where the dip of the fault is less than 45 degrees.

Answer to Question 2

The hanging wall is the block that overlies the fault plane, and the footwall is the block that underlies
the fault plane

[mspears3]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[dyrone]

Excellent