Growth faults are syn-depositional or syn-sedimentary extensional faults that initiate and evolve at the margins of continental plates. They extend parallel to passive margins that have high sediment supply. Their fault plane [[dip]]s mostly toward the basin and has long-term continuous displacement. [[:File:Fig_1_Emad_final_thin_boundary1.jpg|Figure 1]] shows a growth fault with a concave upward fault plane that has high updip angle and flattened at its base into zone of detachment. This angle is continuously changing from nearly vertical in the up dip area to nearly horizontal in the down dip area. | Growth faults are syn-depositional or syn-sedimentary extensional faults that initiate and evolve at the margins of continental plates. They extend parallel to passive margins that have high sediment supply. Their fault plane [[dip]]s mostly toward the basin and has long-term continuous displacement. [[:File:Fig_1_Emad_final_thin_boundary1.jpg|Figure 1]] shows a growth fault with a concave upward fault plane that has high updip angle and flattened at its base into zone of detachment. This angle is continuously changing from nearly vertical in the up dip area to nearly horizontal in the down dip area. |