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What are normal faults caused by?
Normal faults are caused by tension in the movement of rocks
Is it true that Mountains formed by blocks of rock uplifted by normal faults are called dome mountains?
No, only reverse faults can cause a mountain.
What is created when rocks move apart?
Rocks moving apart can cause normal faults to form, as opposed to reverse and strike-slip faults.
True or false a mountain formed by blocks of rock uplifted by normal faults are called dome mountains?
False. These are called Horst mountains.
What is an uplifted block bounded by two reverse faults?
horst
What does faults mean?
Normal faults are when you have hanging walls that slide down relative to and below the footwall. Dip-slip faults are normal faults.
What are the three mayor faults?
Faults are surfaces along the earths crust in which rocks have been fractured and displaced. There are three types of faults: strike-slip, normal and reverse.
When uplifted rocks reach the earths weathering erosion and deposition begin?
when uplifted rocks reach the Earth's Surface, weathering, erosion, and deposition begin
When uplifted rocks reach the earth's blank weathering erosion and deposition begin?
when uplifted rocks reach the Earth's Surface, weathering, erosion, and deposition begin
What does normal faulting mean?
Normal faults are when you have hanging walls that slide down relative to and below the footwall. Dip-slip faults are normal faults.
Which type of fault occurs when a portion of rocks moves downward leaving the other in place with an overhang?
parallel normal faults.
What are the reative age relationship of faults the rocks they cut?
Faults are always younger than the rocks they cut. They cannot be older that the rocks they are cutting, because the rocks would not be there.
