what are 3 types of faults?

Question

confused

Answer 1

your fault
their fault
not my fault


but seriously...

a divergent fault occurs when two plates are moving away from each other.

when two plates come together, it's called a convergent fault.

a transform fault occurs when two plates slide past each other.


what happens at a fault boundary depends, in part, on whether the adjacent plates are made of continental or oceanic crust. continental crust makes up the landmasses we live on. It is lighter, less dense, and thicker than the oceanic crust that lies under the seas and oceans of the world.

i hope this is what you are talking about.

best of luck,
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Answer 2

a convergent fault when two plates come together. Like the Oceanic - Continental Boundary? A divergent plate, when two plates move away from one another. Something in the Atlantic ocean? The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, maybe, A Transform fault when two plates rub together, San Andreas, maybe?

Answer 3

There are many types of faults. 3 classes

Lateral faults - movement of opposing sides of faults is laterally

Normal faults - movement is up or down

Combination of both. The terms escapes me.

Answer 4

Convergent (reverse faults), divergent (normal faults), and transform (strike-slip faults).

Convergent causes mountain building and ocean trenches.

Divergent causes rift valleys and mid ocean ridges.

Transform causes strike-slip faulting (like San Andreas)

Sorry, these are the boundaries types. I misread your question. But they closely relate to fault types. As most faults are found near plate boundaries.

Answer 5

there is a transform fault- example of that is the san andreas fault zone. transform fault moves past each other.

divergent- which moves apart from each other- example of that is in the mid ocean ridges.

convergent- is when one plate subducts into another- this is something that has caused the tsunami in india back in 2005

Answer 6

Normal fault
Reverse fault
Strike-Slip fault
are the 3 most common
Check out this web site for a more detailed view of how the faults are formed
http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/deform/gfaults.html
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Answer 7

Normal fault Reverse fault Strike-slip fault Normal- rocks on one side of rock plane slip down with respect to other rock plane Reverse- One side of plane is driven up Strike-slip- rocks on opposite sides of the fault plane move horizonatally past eachother. (San Andreas Fault)

Answer 8

Convergent, divergent, and transform are types of boundarys. Faults occur at only Transform boundarys. Your re confused, there are 3 types ofboundarys not faults.

Answer 9

Convergent- tectonic plates move together
Divergent- tectonic plates move away from each other
Transform- tectonic plates pass by each other

Answer 10

If you are speaking of seismic faults...they are
normal
reverse
left lateral