Normal Fault Diagram. The line it makes on the earth s surface is the fault trace. Fault movement is always stated in relative terms.
Low angle normal fault footwall gneiss hanging wall shallow crust rocks. When the fault plane is vertical there is no. A fracture in bedrock along which rocks on one side have moved relative to the other side.
The ideal normal fault trace will have an elliptical shape with the maximum displacement in the center of the fault decreasing gradually to zero at the fault tips.
Block diagram of a strike slip fault. Fault movement is always stated in relative terms. The ideal normal fault trace will have an elliptical shape with the maximum displacement in the center of the fault decreasing gradually to zero at the fault tips. The fault illustrated is of a normal dip slip variety.
