FAULTS

Fault

FAULTSA fault is a planar

fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock,

across which there has been significant

displacement along the fractures as a result of

earth movement.

FAULTS (DIP-SLIP)

A Normal Fault create space. Two blocks of crust pull apart, extending

the crust.

FAULTS (DIP-SLIP)

A Normal Fault create space. Two blocks of crust pull apart, extending

the crust.Footwall

Hanging Wall

Reverse faults, also called thrust

faults, squeeze the crust, pushing two blocks of crust on top of each other. 

FAULTS (DIP-SLIP)

Footwall

Hanging WallReverse faults, also called thrust

faults, squeeze the crust, pushing two blocks of crust on top of each other. 

FAULTS (DIP-SLIP)

Strike-slip faults indicate rocks are sliding past each other, with little

to no vertical movement.

FAULTS (DIP-SLIP)

Strike-slip faults indicate rocks are sliding past each other, with little

to no vertical movement.

FAULTS (DIP-SLIP)

Top View

FAULTS

Strike-slip faults indicate rocks are sliding past each other, with little

to no vertical movement.

FAULTS

Strike-slip faults indicate rocks are sliding past each other, with little

to no vertical movement.

LAOAG CITY

FAULTS system in the Philippines

FAULTS system in the Philippines

MARIKINA VALLEY FAULT

SYSTEM

FAULTS system in the Philippines

Near BORONGAN

FAULTS system in the Philippines

GENERAL SANTOS

CITY