Fault types:
Strike slip faults
Since strike slip faults are vertical, there is neither footwall nor hanging wall. The blocks on each side of the fault plane are referred from their geographic position with respect to the fault plane (e.i. NW block and SE block across a NE-SW fault)
Two types of strike slip faults can be distinguished depending on the relative motion of the two blocks: Dextral and sinitral strike slip faults
Dextral strike slip: Relative motion toward the right.
Sinistral strike slip: Relative motion toward the left.
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