Question

With which of the three types of plate boundaries does normal faulting predominate? Thrust faulting? Strike-slip faulting?

a) Normal faulting - divergent boundaries
b) Thrust faulting - transform boundaries
c) Strike-slip faulting - convergent boundaries
d) Normal faulting - convergent boundaries

Answer 1

Normal faulting predominates with divergent boundaries, thrust faulting predominates with convergent boundaries, and strike-slip faulting predominates with transform boundaries.

Step-by-step explanation:

Normal faulting predominates with divergent boundaries. An example of this is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where the plates are moving away from each other.

Thrust faulting, on the other hand, predominates with convergent boundaries. One such example is the Himalayas, where the Indian plate is being thrust under the Eurasian plate.

Strike-slip faulting predominates with transform boundaries. The San Andreas Fault in California is a well-known example of a transform boundary where the Pacific and North American plates slide past each other horizontally.