Fault with a dip greater than 45 degrees at which the hanging wall (upper block) appears to have moved upward relative to the footwall (lower block).
A rupture that results from vertical motion of two adjacent blocks caused by horizontal compression. Sometimes called a thrust fault. In a reverse fault, the upper of the two adjacent blocks moves relatively upward. (See Figure 1 and normal fault.)
A fault with vertical movement and an inclined fault plane. The block above the fault has moved upwards relative to the block below the fault.
a fault along which vertical motion has occurred along a tilted fault plane and where the hanging wall appears to have moved up, relative to the footwall. It is due to compression and results in crustal shortening.
dip-slip fault marked by a hanging wall that has moved upward relative to the footwall. Reverse faults are often caused by the convergence of lithospheric plates.
A fault in which the hanging wall has moved upward in relation to the footwall; a high-angle thrust fault.
a fault in which the motion of the plates is towards each other, and one of the plates rides up over the other
a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression
A fault along which the hanging wall appears to move up relative to the footwall, caused by compressional stresses.
a fault in which one block of rock slides up over another
a compression fracture in rocks, where rocks that are above the fault surface are forced up over rocks that are below the fault surface
A fault, usually with a dip of 45 degrees, where the hanging wall has moved up relative to the footwall of the fault.
A fault in which the displacement is predominantly vertical, and the hanging wall is moved upward with respect to the footwall. Some amount of reverse slip is often seen in predominantly lateral faults. If a reverse fault has a dip angle of less than 45 degrees, it is called a thrust fault. View an animation of reverse slip.
A steeply dipping fault on which the hanging-wall block slides up.
a fault in which one side has moved above and over the other side, as in a thrust fault. [AHDOS