If a Fault Plane Is Greater Than 30° from Horizontal

question 58

Multiple Choice

If a fault plane is greater than 30° from horizontal and the hanging wall block moves upward relative to the footwall block,the fault is called a ________ fault.

• A) detachment
• B) normal
• C) reverse
• D) thrust

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Definitions:

Posttranslational Control

Regulatory mechanisms that modify a protein’s function after it has been synthesized.

Amino Acids

Organic compounds that serve as the building blocks of proteins, containing both an amino group and a carboxyl group.

Codons

Sequences of three nucleotides in mRNA that specify the addition of a specific amino acid into a polypeptide chain during protein synthesis.

Anticodons

The three-nucleotide sequences on tRNA that are complementary to the codons on mRNA, important for the translation phase of protein synthesis.