normal fault

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | 281 words | Copyright

normal fault A high-angle (more than 50°), dip-slip fault on which displacement of the hanging wall is downwards, relative to the footwall. Normal faults commonly occur in conjugate fault sets which cause discrete block subsidence and uplift in the form of grabens and horsts.

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