Question

It is difficult to identify outcrops that reveal reverse faulting because the overlying hanging wall has usually collapsed, weathered, and eroded. Another easy way to identify a reverse fault is by locating areas of ___________ overlying __________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Older rock, younger rock

Explanation:

• As the reverse faults are those that are opposite to those of the normal faults and have a hanging wall that rises relatively to the footwall, thus the reverse faults are formed in the areas undergoing compression.  The fault planes are almost vertical and they are offsets and indicated by the series of steep reverse faults. These have been formed by the year-old the may that have been deposited sands by the long term changes on the evolution of the earth.