How did you do?

1. Which is the hanging wall block? [southwest because the dip marker points southwest]

2. Which block moved up? [southwest because the ball & bar marker is on the northeast]

3. What kind of fault is it? [reverse because the hanging wall has moved up and it is dipping too steeply to be a thrust]

4. what is the youngest rock it cuts? Js

5 what is the oldest rock it doesn't cut? Kd

 

 

 

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