It Is Difficult to Identify Outcrops That Reveal Reverse Faulting

Multiple Choice

It is difficult to identify outcrops that reveal reverse faulting because the overlying hanging wall has usually collapsed, weathered, and eroded. Another easy way to identify a reverse fault is by locating:

A) areas of older rocks overlying younger rock
B) a vertical scarp face
C) areas of younger rocks overlying older rock
D) a depression where the hanging wall was once located