Lesson Flashcards: Faults and Joints

A rock mass that is the hanging wall between two normal faults

A fracture in a rock along which there has been an observable amount of displacement

The rock mass that lies below the fault plane

A fault resulting from tensional forces, where the hanging wall has moved downward relative to the footwall along the fault plane

Force applied per unit area

The inclined angle between the fault plane and the horizontal parallel plane at the surface

The rock mass that lies above the fault plane

A fault resulting from compressional forces, where the hanging wall has moved upward relative to the footwall along the fault plane

A rock mass that is the footwall between two normal faults

The stress that tends to pull something apart