Dip Slip Normal Fault Diagram. Other articles where normal fault is discussed. The hanging wall slides down relative to the footwall.
They bound many of the mountain ranges of the world and many of the rift valleys found along spreading margins. Faults with slip vectors outside of these ranges are given compound names. These faults form from tensional stresses or compressional stresses.
In these faults the fault plane is usually vertical so there is no hanging wall or footwall.
The upper block moves downward relative to the lower block. The blue arrow is the right hand rule strike. If it doesn t have an incline it s strike slip. In a map view it is easy but incorrect to think that this would be a strike slip fault.
