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A crack in the earth's crust where movement has occurred?
This is known as a fault. Faults are fractures in the Earth's crust where rocks on either side have moved relative to each other. Movement along faults can cause earthquakes.
What types of fualts do each stress produce?
Tensional stress typically produces normal faults, compressional stress typically produces reverse faults, and shear stress typically produces strike-slip faults.
The 19th century hypothesis that sedimentary strata were laid down in chronological order had what immediate impact on geologic theory?
The hypothesis that sedimentary strata were laid down in chronological order led to the development of the principle of superposition, which states that in any undisturbed sequence of rock layers, the youngest layer is on top and the oldest is on the bottom. This principle became a fundamental concept in geology and helped scientists understand the relative ages of rocks and the history of Earth's geologic processes.
Wave that moves rock particles in a backward rolling motion and a side to side swaying motion?
The type of wave described is a combination of a longitudinal wave (which causes the backward rolling motion of the rock particles) and a transverse wave (which causes the side-to-side swaying motion of the particles). This combination of motions can occur in certain types of water waves, known as orbital waves, where the particles move in circular paths as the wave passes through them.
Is Yellowstone the worlds largest volcano?
Yes, out of the five super volcanoes in the world yellowstone is the deadliest. Yellowstone is the largest and most destructive active supervolcano (technically dormant). If it were to erupt the shake would trigger a chain event causing all sorts of natural disasters across te world. Example: the shake would trigger numerous fualts through the west coast, which would cause california and several other land masses near the coast to sink, wich would cause mass tsunamies that would devisate everything on the asian coast and eventaully it COULD cause the plates to shift so trastically that life as we know it could come to a stand by.
