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<p>An <b>extensional fault</b> is a <a href="page.php?w=Fault_%28geology%29">fault</a> caused by stretching of the <a href="page.php?w=Earth%27s_crust">Earth's crust</a>. Stretching reduces the thickness and horizontally extends portions of the crust and/or <a href="page.php?w=lithosphere">lithosphere</a>. In most cases such a fault is also a <a href="page.php?w=Fault_%28geology%29">normal fault</a>, but may create a shallower <a href="page.php?w=Strike_and_dip">dip</a> usually associated with a <a href="page.php?w=thrust_fault">thrust fault</a>.</p><p>
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