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Define and distinguish between the following: epicenter, focus, foreshock, aftershock.
 
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Describe the creative forces and typical characteristics of the three major types of faults.
 
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Answer to Question 1

The subsurface area where the motion of seismic waves is initiated along a fault plane is the focus (or hypocenter). The area at the surface directly above the focus is the epicenter. A foreshock is a quake that precedes the main shock. An aftershock occurs after the main shock, sharing the same general area of the epicenter.

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The three major types of fault are normal fault, reverse fault (thrust fault), and strike-slip fault. A normal fault is one in which the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall as a result of tension. A reverse fault is one in which the hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall as a result of compression. A strike-slip fault is in which shear cause horizontal movement along a fault plane. All transform faults are a type of strike-slip fault. However, not all strike-slip faults are transform (since some occur at locations away from plate boundaries).




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Reply 2 on: Jul 14, 2018
:D TYSM


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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