Dip fault is a fault plane parallel to the dip of beds

Question-Answer:

 Dip fault is a fault plane

• (a) parallel to the dip of beds
  
• (b) parallel to the strike of a bedding plane
  
• (c) diagonal to the dip of a bedding plane
  
• (d) with no relationship to the bedding plane

Ans.(a)

Dip fault runs parallel to the dip of the bed, cut across the strike of the bed.
It is a fault that runs perpendicular to the strike of the affected rocks.
i.e. parallel to the plane of the angle of dip of the rocks

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