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Different types of faults HTML5

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Summary

Three types of fault movements (normal, reverse and strike-slip faults) are illustrated,  along with their locations  on a lithospheric plates boundaries map.

Select a type of fault to launch the sequence.

Learning goals

  • To illustrate the different types of faults.

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Faults are breakages in the lithosphere that cause two initially adjacent regions of rock to spread apart. Most of these faults are found in Nature at the boundaries of lithospheric plates, but…

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