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FAULTS, NORMAL AND REVERSE

s1 vertical Horizontal extension Hanging wall moves down with respect to footwall Fault surface features depend on depth and confining pressures Cataclastic near surface Mylonitic at depth Not as well-developed as they are in faults dominated by compression of strike-slip Normal Fault Systems Horsts, grabens But fault surfaces can be much more complicated at depth Surfaces at depth