Normal Fault

High angle fault that results from extensional stress and forms a steeply dipping planar structure. Slip movement during an earthquake is vertical and down dip. The down-dropped block is called the hanging wall and the uplifted block is called the footwall.

Latest News

Word of the Week – BHA

Word of the Week – BHA

BHA Refers to Bottom Hole Assembly, which is the system of tools at the bottom of the drill string that is used for drilling directional wells. The BHA includes the drill bit, mud motor,...

read more
Word of the Week – Breccia

Word of the Week – Breccia

Breccia Angular to sub-angular fragments of broken rock that are cemented together that are highly permeable and form on the surface due to sedimentary or igneous processes or in fault...

read more

Utah FORGE

Advancing innovative technologies to unlock Earth’s limitless geothermal energy.