A normal fault is an inclined fault along which the block above the fault plane has moved down relative to the block below it. Normal faults form where the crust is stretched.
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Example 14.8 (A slow and a fast ridge)
In a million years the East Pacific Rise at South makes of new ocean floor, on each side; the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at the same latitude makes , on each side. The deep hole of the eastern Pacific went into crust made at more than a year, among the fastest spreading ever recorded.