Author Question: When lateral shear causes horizontal movement along a fault plane, the resulting fault is called a ... (Read 93 times)

justinmsk · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

When lateral shear causes horizontal movement along a fault plane, the resulting fault is called a

A) lateral fault.
B) thrust fault.
C) normal fault.
D) strike-slip fault.

Question 2

A ________ occurs when the fault plane forms a low angle relative to the horizontal, resulting in the overlying block being shifted over the underlying.

A) lateral fault
B) thrust fault
C) normal fault
D) strike-slip fault