(from the article `fault`) ...hanging wall moves up and over the footwall. Thrust faults are reverse faults that dip less than 45°. Thrust faults with a very low angle of dip ... ...which is another mechanism that uplifts the surface (Figure 1). Similarly, the folding of rocks at the surface creates the ridges and valleys that ... ...
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a thrust fault with a low dip and a large slip. · a thrust fault in which the hanging wall was the one that moved (opposed to underthrust).
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