A fracture surface in the earth’s crust one side of which has moved relative to the other is called a?

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A fracture surface in the earth’s crust one side of which has moved relative to the other is called a?

a. fault
b. fault scarp
c. sill
d. dike

2007-03-08 13:31:09 · 3 answers · asked by DEREK H 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

3 answers

A) a fault

A fault scarp is just the topographic expression of a fault (on the surface (think cliff))

Even deep within the crust though a fault still has a surface along which relative movement has occured.

2007-03-08 16:15:47 · answer #1 · answered by GatorGal 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋

2007-03-08 13:40:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋

2007-03-12 08:45:33 · answer #3 · answered by Tara S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋