Fault types
Dip slip faults: Reverse faults, normal faults, thrust, and detachment.
Reverve fault: Hanging wall moves upward relatively to the footwall.
Normal fault: Hanging wall moves downward relatively to the footwall.
A thrust is a gently dipping reverse fault.
A detachment is a gently dipping normal fault.
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