CGI fault type categories

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identifier: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifierscheme/cgi/201202/faulttype
language: en
title: CGI fault type categories
creator: Concept Definition Task Group of IUGS CGI Interoperability Working Group (http://www.cgi-iugs.org/tech_collaboration/interoperability_working_group.html)
publisher: Concept Definition Task Group of IUGS CGI Interoperability Working Group (http://www.cgi-iugs.org/tech_collaboration/interoperability_working_group.html)
historyNote: 2010-02-11 Add narrower relationship links by adding skos:narrower link in Protege, defining skos:narrower as inverse of skos:broader, calculating with Pellet reasoner to add inferred axioms, and using 'file/Export inferred axioms as ontology' in Protege.

-- Detachment fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/detachment_fault
Preferred label (en) Detachment fault
Definition (en) A regional-scale, large displacement, low-angle normal fault.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_normal_fault
Notes:

-- Dextral strike slip fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/dextral_strike_slip_fault
Preferred label (en) Dextral strike slip fault
Definition (en) Fault with right-lateral strike-parallel displacement component of slip vector more than 10 times the dip-parallel component of the slip vector at at least one location along the fault, and right-lateral displacement over more than half the mapped trace of the fault.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/strike_slip_fault
Notes:

-- Extraction fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/extraction_fault
Preferred label (en) Extraction fault
Definition () A fault whose two sides have approached each other substantially in the direction perpendicular to the fault.
Source () Froitzheim, N., Pleuger, J. & Nagel, T.J., 2006. Extraction faults. Journal of Structural Geology v28, pp. 1388-1395.
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/mixed_extraction_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/pure_extraction_fault
Notes:

-- Fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault
Preferred label (en) Fault
Definition (en) A discrete surface, or zone of discrete surfaces, with some thickness, separating two rock masses across which one mass has slid past the other and characterized by brittle deformation.
Relationships:
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/extraction_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/normal_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/oblique_slip_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/reverse_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/scissor_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/strike_slip_fault
Notes:

-- High-angle fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_fault
Preferred label (en) High-angle fault
Definition (en) Fault that dips at least 45 degrees over more than half of its recognized extent, for which slip or separation is not explicitly specified.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_normal_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_reverse
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/wrench_fault
Notes:

-- High-angle normal fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_normal_fault
Preferred label (en) High-angle normal fault
Definition (en) Fault that dips at least 45 degrees over more than half of the recognized extent of the fault with the hanging wall displaced from a structurally higher position relative to footwall rocks.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_fault
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/normal_fault
Notes:

-- High angle reverse --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_reverse
Preferred label (en) High angle reverse
Definition (en) Reverse fault that dips at least 45 degrees over more than half of its recognized extent, for which slip or separation is not explicitly specified.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_fault
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/reverse_fault
Notes:

-- Horizontal fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/horizontal_fault
Preferred label (en) Horizontal fault
Definition (en) Fault that dips less than 10 degrees over more than half the recognized extent of the fault.
Source () GGIC vocabularies working group (Australia)
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_fault
Notes:

-- Left normal fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/left_normal_fault
Preferred label (en) Left normal fault
Definition (en) High angle fault with slip vector that has ratio of strike-parallel to dip-parallel displacement between 10 to 1 and 1 to 10 at at least one location along the mapped trace, with left-lateral strike-parallel component and normal dip-parallel component over at least half the mapped trace of the fault.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/oblique_slip_fault
Notes:

-- Left reverse fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/left_reverse_fault
Preferred label (en) Left reverse fault
Definition (en) High angle fault with slip vector that has ratio of strike-parallel to dip-parallel displacement between 10 to 1 and 1 to 10 at at least one location along the mapped trace, with left-lateral strike-parallel component and reverse dip-parallel component over at least half the mapped trace of the fault.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/oblique_slip_fault
Notes:

-- Low angle fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_fault
Preferred label (en) Low angle fault
Definition (en) Fault that dips less than 45 degrees over more than half of the recognized extent of the fault.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/horizontal_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_normal_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/thrust_fault
Notes:

-- Low-angle normal fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_normal_fault
Preferred label (en) Low-angle normal fault
Definition (en) Fault that dips less than 45 degrees over more than half of the recognized extent of the fault with the hanging wall displaced from a structurally higher position relative to footwall rocks.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_fault
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/normal_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/detachment_fault
Notes:

-- Mixed extraction fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/mixed_extraction_fault
Preferred label (en) Mixed extraction fault
Definition (en) An extraction fault with some displacement within the fault plane.
Source () Froitzheim, N., Pleuger, J. & Nagel, T.J., 2006. Extraction faults. Journal of Structural Geology v28, pp. 1388-1395.
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/extraction_fault
Notes:

-- Normal fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/normal_fault
Preferred label (en) Normal fault
Definition (en) Fault with dip-parallel displacement component of slip vector more than 10 times the strike-parallel component of the slip vector over more than half recognized extent of the fault, and for which the fault dips consistently in the same direction, and for which the hanging wall has been displaced down relative to the footwall.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_normal_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_normal_fault
Notes:

-- Oblique slip fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/oblique_slip_fault
Preferred label (en) Oblique slip fault
Definition (en) Fault with slip vector that has ratio of strike-parallel to dip-parallel displacement between 10 to 1 and 1 to 10 at at least one location along the mapped trace of the fault.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/left_normal_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/left_reverse_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/right_normal_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/right_reverse_fault
Notes:

-- Pure extraction fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/pure_extraction_fault
Preferred label (en) Pure extraction fault
Definition (en) An extraction fault with no discernible displacement within the fault plane.
Source () Froitzheim, N., Pleuger, J. & Nagel, T.J., 2006. Extraction faults. Journal of Structural Geology v28, pp. 1388-1395.
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/extraction_fault
Notes:

-- Reverse fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/reverse_fault
Preferred label (en) Reverse fault
Definition (en) Fault with dip-parallel displacement component of slip vector more than 10 times the strike-parallel component of the slip vector at at least one location along the mapped trace of the fault, and the fault dips consistently in the same direction with the hanging wall displaced up relative to the footwall over at least half the mapped trace of the fault.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_reverse
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/thrust_fault
Notes:

-- Right normal fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/right_normal_fault
Preferred label (en) Right normal fault
Definition (en) High angle fault with slip vector that has ratio of strike-parallel to dip-parallel displacement between 10 to 1 and 1 to 10 at at least one location along the mapped trace, with right-lateral strike-parallel component and normal dip-parallel component of slip over at least half the mapped trace of the fault
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/oblique_slip_fault
Notes:

-- Right reverse fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/right_reverse_fault
Preferred label (en) Right reverse fault
Definition (en) High angle fault with slip vector that has ratio of strike-parallel to dip-parallel displacement between 10 to 1 and 1 to 10 at at least one location along the mapped trace, with a right-lateral strike-parallel component and reverse dip-parallel component of slip over at least half the mapped trace of the fault.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/oblique_slip_fault
Notes:

-- Scissor fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/scissor_fault
Preferred label (en) Scissor fault
Definition (en) A fault on which there is increasing offset or separation along the strike from an initial point of no offset, with the opposite sense of offset in the opposite direction.
Source () Neuendorf et al 2005
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault
Notes:

-- Sinistral strike slip fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/sinistral_strike_slip_fault
Preferred label (en) Sinistral strike slip fault
Definition (en) Fault with left-lateral strike-parallel displacement component of slip vector more than 10 times the dip-parallel component of the slip vector at at least one location along the fault, and left-lateral displacement over more than half the mapped trace of the fault.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/strike_slip_fault
Notes:

-- Strike slip fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/strike_slip_fault
Preferred label (en) Strike slip fault
Definition (en) Fault with strike-parallel displacement component of slip vector more than 10 times the dip-parallel component of the slip vector at at least one location along the mapped trace of the fault.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/dextral_strike_slip_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/sinistral_strike_slip_fault
Narrower http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/wrench_fault
Notes:

-- Thrust fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/thrust_fault
Preferred label (en) Thrust fault
Definition (en) Fault that dips less than 45 degrees over more than half of the recognized extent of the fault, with a hanging wall displaced from a structurally deeper position relative to footwall rocks.
Source (en) this vocabulary
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_fault
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/reverse_fault
Notes:

-- Wrench fault --

URI http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/wrench_fault
Preferred label (en) Wrench fault
Definition (en) A strike slip fault in which the fault plane dips at least 45 degrees over more than half of the recognized extent of the fault.
Source () GGIC vocabularies working group (Australia)
Relationships:
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_fault
Broader http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/strike_slip_fault
Notes:

-- Fault Type Categories --

URI
Preferred label (en) Fault Type Categories
Relationships:
Notes: