Author Question: Which of the following scenarios would best indicate that a thrust fault is present at a location? ... (Read 109 times)

sammy · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

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