GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Reverse dip-slip faults result from horizontal compressional forces caused by a shortening, or contraction, of Earth’s crust. The hanging wall moves up and over the footwall. Thrust faults are reverse faults that dip less than 45°.

Detailed explanation-2: -A reverse fault is one in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall. When rocks on either side of a nearly vertical fault plane move horizontally, the movement is called strike-slip.

Detailed explanation-3: -A thrust fault is a reverse fault where the fault plane has a low dip angle (generally less than 45 degrees). Thrust faults bring older rocks on top of younger rocks and can cause repetition of rock units in the stratigraphic record.

Detailed explanation-4: -reverse (thrust) fault-a dip-slip fault in which the upper block, above the fault plane, moves up and over the lower block. This type of faulting is common in areas of compression, such as regions where one plate is being subducted under another as in Japan.

Detailed explanation-5: -In a reverse fault, the block above the fault moves up relative to the block below the fault. This fault motion is caused by compressional forces and results in shortening. A reverse fault is called a thrust fault if the dip of the fault plane is small.