URI prefLabel Definition Source http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/detachment_fault detachment fault "A regional-scale, large displacement, low-angle normal fault." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/dextral_strike_slip_fault dextral strike slip fault "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." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/extraction_fault extraction fault A fault whose two sides have approached each other substantially in the direction perpendicular to the fault. "Froitzheim, N., Pleuger, J. & Nagel, T.J., 2006. Extraction faults. Journal of Structural Geology v28, pp. 1388-1395." http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/fault fault "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." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_fault high angle fault "Fault that dips at least 45 degrees over more than half of its recognized extent, for which slip or separation is not explicitly specified." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_normal_fault high angle normal fault 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. this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/high_angle_reverse high angle reverse "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." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/horizontal_fault horizontal fault Fault that dips less than 10 degrees over more than half the recognized extent of the fault. GGIC vocabularies working group (Australia) http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/left_normal_fault left normal fault "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." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/left_reverse_fault left reverse fault "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." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_fault low angle fault Fault that dips less than 45 degrees over more than half of the recognized extent of the fault. this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/low_angle_normal_fault low angle normal fault 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. this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/mixed_extraction_fault mixed extraction fault An extraction fault with some displacement within the fault plane. "Froitzheim, N., Pleuger, J. & Nagel, T.J., 2006. Extraction faults. Journal of Structural Geology v28, pp. 1388-1395." http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/normal_fault normal fault "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." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/oblique_slip_fault oblique slip fault 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. this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/pure_extraction_fault pure extraction fault An extraction fault with no discernible displacement within the fault plane. "Froitzheim, N., Pleuger, J. & Nagel, T.J., 2006. Extraction faults. Journal of Structural Geology v28, pp. 1388-1395." http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/reverse_fault reverse fault "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." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/right_normal_fault right normal fault "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" this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/right_reverse_fault right reverse fault "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." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/scissor_fault scissor fault "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." Neuendorf et al 2005 http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/sinistral_strike_slip_fault sinistral strike slip fault "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." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/strike_slip_fault strike slip fault 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. this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/thrust_fault thrust fault "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." this vocabulary http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/cgi/faulttype/wrench_fault wrench fault 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. 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