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==Families==
==Families==
Based on the genesis of the bounding faults, traps classified as fault traps can be divided into tectonic and nontectonic superfamilies. The outline below presents examples of trap families for several common fault traps. Similar trap families and subfamilies can be defined for most fault traps when the genesis of the trap is understood fully.
Based on the genesis of the bounding faults, traps classified as fault traps can be divided into tectonic and nontectonic superfamilies. The outline below presents examples of trap families for several common fault traps. Similar trap families and subfamilies can be defined for most fault traps when the genesis of the trap is understood fully.
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! Regime || Class || Subclass || Superfamily || Family || Subfamily || Variety
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| rowspan = 11 | Fault traps || rowspan = 3 | Normal faults || rowspan = 3 | Tilted fault block || rowspan = 3 | Tectonic; Normal fault, resulting from deformation by tectonic processes, forms all or part of the closure. || rowspan = 3 | Extensional; Fault, resulting from extensional deformation, forms all or part of the closure. || colspan = 2 | Rift basin
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| colspan = 2 | Basin and range
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| colspan = 2 | Growth fault
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| rowspan = 3 | Reverse faults || rowspan = 3 | Thrust faults || rowspan = 3 | Tectonic; Thrust fault, resulting from tectonic deformation by tectonic processes, forms all or part of the closure. || rowspan = 3 | Compressional; Fault, resulting from tectonic compressional deformation, forms all or part of the closure. || colspan = 2 | Regional thrust belt
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| colspan = 2 | Foreland fold fault
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| colspan = 2 | Forearc basin
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| Wrench faults || Subclass: Flower structures || Superfamily: Tectonic; Normal fault, resulting from tectonic deformation by tectonic processes, forms all or part of the closure. || Transpressional; Fault, resulting from tectonic transpressional deformation, forms all or part of the closure. || Regional wrench system || Inverted
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| rowspan = 4 | Normal faults || rowspan = 4 | Nontectonic; Result from deformation by nontectonic processes such as uplift by intrusion or diapirism, differential compaction, salt withdrawal, salt solution, or meteoric impact. || colspan = 3 | Extensional; Fault, resulting from nontectonic extensional deformation, forms all or part of the closure.
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| colspan = 3 | Family: Vertical uplift
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| rowspan = 2 | Family: Vertical subsidence || colspan = 2 | Subfamily: Salt solution
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| colspan = 2 | Subfamily: Salt withdrawal
|}
'''Regime:''' Fault traps
'''Regime:''' Fault traps