The hanging wall slides down relative to the footwall.
Footwall and hanging wall normal fault.
An upthrown block between two normal faults dipping away from each other is a horst.
The hanging wall is to the left of the fault and the footwall to the right.
Normal fault a type of fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall and the fault surface dips steeply commonly from 50 o to 90 o.
In a normal fault the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
Normal fault s are common.
This sliding downward of normal faults creates rifts valleys and mountains.
They bound many of the mountain ranges of the world and many of the rift valleys found along spreading margins.
Normal fault geology.
A downthrown block between two normal faults dipping towards each other is a graben.
If the hanging wall drops relative to the footwall you have a normal fault.
Low angle normal faults with regional tectonic significance may be designated detachment faults.
A type of fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall and the fault surface dips steeply commonly from 50o to 90o.
Normal dip slip faults are produced by vertical compression as earth s crust lengthens.