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A sheet-like body that cuts across rock layers and is produced when magma is injected into a fracture is called a .?
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What is a sheet like body that cuts across rock layers and is produced when magma is injected into a fraction is called?
A dike I got it right on a test
When does a fault or a fracture in rocks occur?
A fault is a fracture specific to tectonic processes: the rock is stretched or compressed to breaking-point, and the fracture will be accompanied by displacement of one side relative to the other across the break. Other fractures can be associated with nearby faults and folding.
Which type of intrusive feature forms when magma is injected into fractures cutting across preexisting rock layers?
sill
Why are the uppermost 50 meters of a glacier referred to as the zone of fracture?
The zone of fracture experiences tension hen the glacier moves over irregular terrain. This tension results in gaping cracks called crevasses. Crevasses can be 50 meters deep. They are often hidden by snow and make travel across glaciers dangerous.
How does construction of dams across the river get linked with production of greenhouse gas?
There is evidence that substantial amounts of methane are produced from vegetation rotting under the water behind the dam.
Is a sheetlike body that is produced when magma is injected into a fracture that cuts across rock layers?
laccolth (WRONG ANSWER) it's not batholith ethier. I may be wrong, but i think perhaps sill.
What sheetlike intrusions that cut across previous rock units?
dikes
Sheetlike intrusions that cut across previous rock units?
dikes
What is a fracture across the longitudinal axis?
Transverse Fracture
What is a sheet like body that cuts across rock layers and is produced when magma is injected into a fraction is called?
A dike I got it right on a test
Which treatment of a fracture requires the fracture to be exposed to view or opened at a remote site for nailing across the fracture?
open
Is a transverse fracture is straight across the bone?
Yes, a transverse fracture is straight across the bone.
Difference between a green stick fracture and a simple fracture?
A simple fracture - results in a 'clean' break across the bone. A green-stick fracture is an incomplete break.
A straight break across the bone?
A straight break across the bone is called a transverse fracture.
What is percutaneous skeletal fixation?
Treatment of a fracture by placing fixation devices such as pins across the fracture site, usually under x-ray imaging.
BAD PAIN BOTTOM OF SPINE GOING ACROSS RIGHT HIP PAIN DOWN LEGS?
C2 fracture 31yrs ago c5also fracture pelvic
Fracture that cut across the bone at right angles to its long axis is called?
transverse
