Major Types of Faulting (3 min)
In zones of drifting continental plates, the crust is pulled apart. The brittle crust yields by fracturing along a fault. Faulting is accompanied by a slipping motion along the fault plane. Transcurrent faults can become locked, that is they do not slip relative to each other. The lithospheric plates continue to move increasing the pressure along the fault plane. A sudden release of pressure can result in a major earthquake.
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