Question

Faults in which the fault plane is vertical and the resulting movement is vertical is ___________

(a) Vertical faults

(b) Straight faults

(c) Reverse faults

(d) Enecholon faults

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I'd like to ask this question from Classification of Faults in portion Faults and Faulting of Engineering Geology

Answer 1

Correct choice is (a) Vertical faults

The explanation is: Faults in which the fault plane is vertical or nearly so and the resulting movement of blocks is also in a vertical direction are termed as vertical faults. It is customary to group vertical faults along with normal faults while discussing their origin.