In this type of fault, the block of rock above the fault plane, known as the hanging wall, moves downward relative to the block below, called the footwall. Normal faults are typically found at ...

A team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the ...

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

Two opposite types of faults, normal and reverse ... remains overall very flat despite the stark rises of the mid-oceanic ridges. The ocean floor remains largely uncharted because of the ...