.A movement of blocks along a fault is horizontal and the fault plane is nearly vertical. Wherein one of the example is Himalayas mountain.*1 pointnormaltectonic platestrike-slipreverse
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.A movement of blocks along a fault is horizontal and the fault plane is nearly vertical. Wherein one of the example is Himalayas mountain.*1 pointnormaltectonic platestrike-slipreverse
Solution
The type of fault described, where the movement of blocks along the fault is horizontal and the fault plane is nearly vertical, is known as a strike-slip fault. This type of fault is common in areas of the Earth's crust where tectonic forces are causing areas of the crust to slide past one another horizontally. The San Andreas Fault in California is a well-known example of a strike-slip fault. However, the Himalayas were formed by a different type of fault known as a reverse fault, where the crust is being compressed and one block is being pushed up over another.
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