(1) The exploration geologist or geophysicist searching for these resources would be able to estimate that greater reserves would be preserved on the downthrow side of the fault, in contrast to its upthrow side.(2) This line was acquired over the upthrown block of the mapped Christchurch Fault.(3) They are often seen together with features called u2018horstsu2019, which are upthrown blocks lying between two steep-angled fault blocks.(4) By way of contrast, regions on a fault's upthrown side have less load and so experience uplift.
