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What is the difference between reverse and thrust fault?

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Question added by Abdelrahman Ahmed Ali Abdelrahman , Mudlogger , PetroServices LLC.- Oman
Date Posted: 2013/10/03
علي احمد علي
by علي احمد علي , Accountant , Accountant

answer if you can

Waqas Arif
by Waqas Arif , Geologist , university of sargodha

if the hanging wall block moved upward with respect to foot wall than the fault is reverse fault and if angle is less than45' than its thrust fault , reverse fault usually found on local level but thrust fault found on regional level 

Mahmoud Mohammed Salem Mahmoud
by Mahmoud Mohammed Salem Mahmoud , جيولوجي , هيئة المواد النووية المصرية

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