Faults and Faulting MCQs

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Q51.
What does the reverse fault cause to the crust of the Earth?
Discuss
Answer: (d).Shortening of the crust
Q52.
Thrust faults belong to which variety of faults?
Discuss
Answer: (b).Reverse faults
Q53.
What is the fault angle of the thrust faults?
Discuss
Answer: (b).Less than 45°
Q54.
The type of thrust in which the hanging wall seems to have been actively and actually displaced with respect to a passive foot wall is called ___________
Discuss
Answer: (a).Under thrust
Q55.
Which mountain range presents example of thrust faults?
Discuss
Answer: (d).The Himalaya
Q56.
What is the term used for blocks or rocks that have been translated to great distances?
Discuss
Answer: (c).Nappes
Q57.
The term which studied under faults but also is associated with folding is ___________
Discuss
Answer: (a).Nappes
Discuss
Answer: (d).Thrust blocks aren’t piled up one above another
Q59.
In the Himalayan Mountains, many well defined nappe zones have been recognized.
Discuss
Answer: (a).True
Q60.
Most common term used for strike-slip faults is ___________
Discuss
Answer: (b).Transform fault
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