LANDFORMS ASSOCIATED WITH FAULTING PROCESS
The fault is a crack or fracture on the earth's crust due to the displacement of rock due to earth movement. Faulting is the process that leads to the occurrence of the fault. Tension force leads to the formation which leads to the formation of normal fault while the compression force leads to the formation of reverse fault. The following are landforms that can result from the faulting process. Block mountains. this is a raised highland, fault bordered block which occurs due to raising up of block during faulting. Uplifted or raised blocks may be tilted to form a tilted block or maybe horizontal to form Horst. Example of block mountains includes mountain such as the black forest in German and Ruwenzori in Uganda. Rift valley it is major landforms, resulting from the lowering of a relatively narrow strip of rock between parallel faults. The most impressive rift valley system in the world is the great rift valley of Africa which extends for over 7600 k...