1. Fault identification: fill the blanks in the following diagrams Refer to the

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1. Fault identification: fill the blanks in the following diagrams Refer to the above diagrams. Diagrams K, L, and N are side views (cross sectional views) M and O are top-down views (map views) with an off-set road. Fill in the appropriate letter(s) are hanging/head walls are foot walls are caused by shearing are caused by compression are caused by tension are/is a reverse fault are/is a thrust fault is a right-lateral strike slip fault is a left-lateral strike slip fault would be more common at convergent plate boundaries would be more common at divergent plate boundaries

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1) d in K and g in L are hanging/head walls

2) c in K and h in L are foot walls

3) M and O are caused by shearing

4) N and K are caused by compression

5) M and O are caused by tension

6) K is a reverse fault

7) N is a thrust fault

8) M is a Right-lateral strike slip fault

In a Right-lateral strike slip fault, the rock strata are displaced in a horizontal and dextral direction with respect to the observer and along a parallel trend to the fault.

9) O is a left-lateral strike-slip fault

In a Left-lateral strike slip fault, the rock strata are displaced in a horizontal and in laevo direction with respect to the observer and along a parallel trend to the fault.

10) L would be more common at convergent plate boundaries

11) M and O would be more common at divergent plate boundaries

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