Sentences with NORMAL-FAULT
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"A normal fault occurs when the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall."
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"The San Andreas Fault is an example of a major normal fault in California."
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"The tilted blocks on either side of a normal fault are called fault blocks."
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"The East African Rift System is a prime example of a region with numerous normal faults."
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"The movement along a normal fault is typically vertical or nearly vertical."
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"Fault scarps are commonly formed by the movement along normal faults."
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"The Basin and Range Province in the western United States is characterized by normal faults."
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"The displacement along a normal fault is caused by tensional forces."
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"In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall."
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"As erosion occurs, normal faults can bring older rock layers to the surface."
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"A normal fault occurs when the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall."
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"The displacement that occurs along a normal fault is mainly vertical."
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"The Sierra Nevada mountain range in California was formed by a series of normal faults."
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"Scientists study the patterns of normal faults to understand the tectonic activity in an area."
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"The Great Rift Valley in Africa is an example of a large-scale normal fault system."
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"There is geological evidence of ancient normal faults in the exposed rock layers."
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"The movement along a normal fault can cause earthquakes."
