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Faulting is to gently contoured mountains as folding is to what?
Folding and faulting in mountains occurs because of the movement of lithospheric plates as described in the theory of plate tectonics. Continent to continent collision compresses the crust and its sedimentary cover rocks, displacing and distorting them upwards (folding) and fracturing them (faulting). Folding and faulting can also occur in oceanic crust-continental crust collisions, in areas above subduction zones.
What combinations should favor folding rather than faulting?
High temperature and high confining pressure
Faulting and folding are both types of what-?
Crustal deformation. That is, when pieces of the Earth's crust change shape due to tectonic forces.
Why would newer rock layers ever be below older rock layers?
Due to faulting or folding.
What do you call the upfold on the crust caused by faulting?
Anticline
Are most earthquakes caused by folding?
Most earthquakes are not caused by folding they are actually caused by faulting a sudden movement of land caused by friction.
What is faulting folding and tilting?
its the differences between tilting an folding
Faulting is to gently contoured mountains as folding is to what?
Folding and faulting in mountains occurs because of the movement of lithospheric plates as described in the theory of plate tectonics. Continent to continent collision compresses the crust and its sedimentary cover rocks, displacing and distorting them upwards (folding) and fracturing them (faulting). Folding and faulting can also occur in oceanic crust-continental crust collisions, in areas above subduction zones.
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Faulting and folding are both types of?
deformation
What is the movements in the crust that cause the faulting or folding of rock?
Tectonics.
What do the forces of faulting folding and volcanic action create?
mountains
What is deformational metamorphism?
changes in rocks associated with faulting and folding
What combinations should favor folding rather than faulting?
High temperature and high confining pressure
Movements in the crust that cause the faulting or folding or rocks is called?
Diastrophism.
How can folding and faulting form mountains?
Folding and Faulting usually work together to form mountains. Faulting works by one plate shifting up and one plate submerging. Folding however works by both plates pushing against each other slowly folding over and over. Faulting and Folding and work together to make mountains by as one plate moves down the other up causes the plate going up to roll over or move on top of the other plate then as the bottom plate gets heat from the earths core it rises folding the plate on top again to bring it even higher. Hoped it helped you
How were the Appalacians formed?
Continental collision with resulting upwards folding, faulting etc.
