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At a reverse fault what force pushes on rocks from opposite directions?
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∙ 11y ago
mnopserious known as i think compressional
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What fault is made when compression pushes rocks together?
A reverse fault will occur.
Where rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite directions or in the same direction at different rates?
strike slip fault
What are called Where rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite directions or in the same direction at different rates?
It is strike slip fault not friction!
What are the rocks on opposite sides of a fault that move in opposite directions or in the same direction at different rates called?
It is called the rock opposite glama
What effect might an earthquake along this fault have on a river that runs perpendicular to the fault?
The two parts of the river might slide horizontally in opposite directions
What force causes a revers fault?
At a reverse fault, compression forces pushes on rocks from opposite directions.
What fault is made when compression pushes rocks together?
A reverse fault will occur.
What is the opposite of a reverse fault?
A normal fault is the opposite of a reverse fault.
Where rocks on opposite side of a fault move in opposite directions or in the same directions at different rate?
strike slip fault
Where rocks on opposite sides fault move in opposite directions or in the same directions at different rates?
strike slip fault
In a reverse fault where does the hanging wall move relative of the foot wall?
thrust
When compression pushes rocks together it creates what type of fault?
A reverse or thrust fault.
Where rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite directions?
Strike Slip Fault
What is stress that pushes mass of rock in opposite directions?
Tensile stress is the result of a force acting over a cross sectional area that pulls material apart. This occurs in normal faults, rift valleys and at divergent plate boundaries.
What is it called when rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite directions?
Strike Slip Fault.
Where rocks move on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite directions?
Strike Slip Fault
Where rocks on a opposite side of a fault move in opposite directions at different rates?
Strike slip fault
