{"version":"1.0","type":"link","title":"Extensional fault - Newikis","description":"An extensional fault is a fault caused by stretching of the Earth's crust. Stretching reduces the thickness and horizontally extends portions of the crust and/or lithosphere. In most cases such a fault is also a normal fault, but may create a shallower dip usually associated with a thrust fault.…","provider_name":"Newikis","provider_url":"https://newikis.com","cache_age":86400,"thumbnail_url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Extensional_fault_array_Clarke_Head.png/1280px-Extensional_fault_array_Clarke_Head.png","thumbnail_width":1280,"thumbnail_height":862}