Sunday, August 2, 2020

GATE 2017 Q.68

68. The beach ball figure below depicts the focal
mechanism of an earthquake. The shaded and unshaded
portions indicate a compressional and dilatational
quadrant, respectively. FP1 is the fault plane solution.
The focal mechanism and FP1 represent 

A. A thrust fault with strike 45 degree and dip 30
degree with the tension axis in the compression
quadrant 
B. A normal fault with strike 45 degree and dip 30
degree with the tension axis in the compression
quadrant
C. A thrust fault with strike 225 degree and dip 60
degree with the pressure axis in the compression
quadrant
D. A normal fault with strike 225 degree and dip 60
with the pressure axis in the compression quadrant 

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