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Identify and describe three types of faults

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Normal faults: When the hanging wall drops down. When the forces are pulling the sides apart.

Reverse faults: When the hanging wall moves up. When the forces reverse and create compressional faults that push the sides together.

Transcurrent faults: Walls that move sideways and not up or down.

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