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7.1.1 Dip-Slip Fault

A dip-slip fault is one in which the displacement or apparent movement is predominantly parallel to the dip. Dip-slip faults may be normal faults or thrust faults.


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W. H. Freeman and Company, San Francisco, 1982.
Cross-bedded sandstone with two minor faults, near Kanab, Utah.  Large normal fault scarp  normal fault  thrust fault 

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