A flower structure is the fan of fault strands, seen on a cross-section, into which a steep strike-slip fault splits as it nears the surface: a positive flower, whose strands have a reverse component and lift a ridge, at a restraining bend; a negative flower, whose strands have a normal component and frame a sag, at a releasing bend.
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