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Reverse faulting

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Geophysics Solid Earth Mantle convection Plate tectonics Geological fault Dip-slip faulting
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Shortening accommodated by a hanging wall moving up relative to the footwall. The centre of its dip-slip focal mechanism is compressional under the usual lower-hemisphere convention. Low-angle reverse faulting is commonly called thrust faulting.

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