What are the three basic types (and five overall types) of faults, and how do they relate to tectonic boundaries? Also, explain how the hanging wall moves in each case.
A) Normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults; they are associated with divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries respectively. In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall. In a reverse fault, the hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall. In a strike-slip fault, the hanging wall moves horizontally past the footwall.
B) Normal, reverse, and transform faults; they are associated with convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries respectively. In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall. In a reverse fault, the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall. In a transform fault, the hanging wall moves horizontally past the footwall.
C) Thrust, strike-slip, and reverse faults; they are associated with convergent, transform, and divergent boundaries respectively. In a thrust fault, the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall. In a strike-slip fault, the hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall. In a reverse fault, the hanging wall moves horizontally past the footwall.
D) Thrust, normal, and strike-slip faults; they are associated with divergent, convergent, and transform boundaries respectively. In a thrust fault, the hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall. In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall. In a strike-slip fault, the hanging wall moves horizontally past the footwall.
