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sammy

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Which of the following scenarios would best indicate that a thrust fault is present at a location?
 
  A) The hanging wall of the fault has slipped down.
  B) Two parts of the same rock have been horizontally displaced by 20 feet.
  C) Cambrian-aged rocks have been shoved on top of Jurassic-aged rocks.
  D) The crust has lengthened, allowing a graben to slip down and create a pull-apart basin.

Question 2

Faults that exhibit both dip-slip and strike-slip movement are called ________ faults.
 
  A) thrust
  B) horst
  C) normal
  D) oblique-slip


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aruss1303

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


sammy

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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
Excellent

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