Question

Normal faults form ________stress, reverse faults form __________stress and strike-slip faults form___________stress.

Answer 1

Normal faults form tension stress, reverse faults form compression stress, and strike-slip faults form shear stress.

Answer 2

The answers are ; tension, compression, and shear respectively

Normal faults are formed when the two crust are moving away from each other and the hanging wall block moves downwards due to gravity.

In reverse faults, the two crusts move towards each other hence producing compressional force. This causes the hanging wall block to move up with respect to the footwall block

In strike-slip faulting, the two crusts move across each other resulting in shear stress and causing a dip feature.