Question

At the Sparta fault in Greece, the hanging wall is below the footwall. This type of fault is called a ___.

A. Normal fault
B. Reverse fault
C. Strike-slip fault

Answer 1

The answer that would best complete the given statement above would be option A. Normal Fault. At the Sparta fault in Greece, the hanging wall is below the footwall and this type of fault is called a normal fault. Hope this answers your question. Have a great day ahead!

Answer 2

Answer;

-Normal fault

Explanation;

-Normal Faults have a crustal extension and rocks above steeply inclined fault surface slip down and over rocks beneath fault surface. Reverse Faults have a crustal compression and Rocks above steeply-inclined fault surface slip up and over rocks beneath fault surface. Strike-slip faults, on the other hand have a vertical surface and Rocks on one side of fault slip laterally past rocks on other side of fault

-The Sparta Fault system is a major structure approximately 64km long that bounds the eastern flanks of the Taygetos Mountain front (2.400m) and shapes the present-day Sparta basin. This fault is examined and described in terms of its geometry, segmentation, drainage pattern and postglacial finite throw, emphasizing also how these parameters vary along strike the fault.