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English: (public display, Sternberg Museum of Natural History, Hays, Kansas, USA)

Faults are quite common in orogenic belts. Faults are defined as fractures in rocks along which differential displacement has occurred. Dip-slip faults are those involving movement of rocks in non-horizontal directions. Strike-slip faults involve movement of rocks in horizontal directions.

The two common types of dip-slip faults are normal faults and reverse faults. Normal faults form by extensional stress. Reverse faults form by compressional stress.

Locality: unrecorded/undisclosed, but possibly from South Dakota, USA
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