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FaultsV1.swf
     


Title: Faults.
Caption: This animation has three parts covering the three main types of faults. For normal faults and reverse faults, the relative movements of the hanging wall and the footwall are well illustrated. The part detailing a strike-slip fault shows the shear movement along the two sides of the fault.
Keywords: earthquakes, footwalls, hanging walls, normal faults, reverse faults, thrust faults, strike-slip faults, transform faults