home/glossary/Normal Fault

Normal Fault

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall

MWEWordset Dictionary

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier
?unassignedlast reviewed

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
common faultgravity fault
plural
Normal Faults
possessive
Normal Fault's
pluralpossessive
Normal Faults'