A fault along which there is some separation parallel to the dip of the fault.
The net slip of the fault lies in the dip direction of the fault
A fault whose two sides have approached each other substantially in the direction perpendicular to the fault.
The fault is horizontal
An extraction fault with some displacement within the fault plane.
The net slip of the fault lies between the strike and dip directions of the fault; the slip vector rakes between 10 and 80 degrees in the plane of the fault.
An extraction fault with no discernible displacement within the fault plane.
A fault on which there is increasing offset or separation along the strike from an initial point of no offset, with reverse offset in the opposite direction.
A fault along which there is some separation parallel to the strike of the fault.
The net slip of the fault (slip vector) is parallel to the strike of the fault.
A large scale strike-slip fault in which the fault surface is steeply inclined.
A variety of strike-slip fault along which the displacement suddenly stops or changes form; typically associated with mid-ocean ridges.
A fault along which strike-slip deformation is accompanied by a component of shortening transverse to the fault.
A fault along which strike-slip deformation is accompanied by a component of extension transverse to the fault.
A strike slip fault in which the faut plane is more or less vertical.
A regional-scale low-angle normal fault. A regional-scale low-angle normal fault.
Right-lateral separation sense; in plan view, the side opposite the observer appears displaced to the right.
A large-displacement (kilometers or tens of kilometers) shallowly dipping to subhorizontal fault or shear zone.
The fault-parallel displacement is effectively zero, as in an extraction fault.
The hanging wall appears to have moved down relative to the footwall; dip of fault usually 45-90 degrees.
Left-lateral separation sense; in plan view, the side opposite the observer appears displaced to the right.
The hanging wall appears to have moved down relative to the footwall; dip of fault usually greater than 45 degrees.
Reverse fault with dip typically less than 45 degrees; horizontal compression, rather than vertical displacement is characteristic.
A regional-scale low-angle thrust fault.