= Solution
An overlapping pair of basin-dipping <normal fault> segments can first accommodate displacement through an \b[unbreached <relay ramp>]. <Fault throw> tapers toward each tip and transfers between the strands; the intervening block tilts and bends while retaining a continuous ramp-like surface. Draw overlapping parallel traces in plan view and a tilted connecting surface between their different <fault throws>.
With continued extension, the ramp can be \b[breached by a linking <fault>]. An oblique connector joins the segment tips and takes up a combination of dip-slip and strike-slip displacement; the system becomes a more continuous, zigzag <normal fault>. Draw this connector diagonally through the overlap, with downthrown arrows on the basin side. Distributed small <faults> and <folding> can accompany either arrangement. The central bend around $u\simeq0.6$ in Attachment B is the candidate transfer zone; the image alone does not uniquely establish the three-dimensional connection at depth.
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