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strike-slip faults move along each other from shearing
Crawford Rodriguez
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Are the three types of faults normal faults backward faults and slip faults?
No. Your terminology is close but not quite right. The three main types of faults are normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. Strike-slip faults may also be called transform faults.
What type of plate boundary are strike-slip faults found at?
Strike-Slip faults are found at transform boundaries because strike slip faults push and pull on opposing forces HORIZONTALLY exactly like a transform boundary.
What are the three faults?
The three faults are.... 1. Normal 2. Reverse 3. Strike-slip
What type of faults don't cause tsunamis?
Strike-slip faults generally do not produce tsunamis.
What fault is associated with shear stress?
Strike slip faults and transform faults are associated with shear stress.
Are the three types of faults normal faults backward faults and slip faults?
No. Your terminology is close but not quite right. The three main types of faults are normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. Strike-slip faults may also be called transform faults.
What are faults in california?
strike-slip faults where they move laterally
What type of plate boundary are strike-slip faults found at?
Strike-Slip faults are found at transform boundaries because strike slip faults push and pull on opposing forces HORIZONTALLY exactly like a transform boundary.
What is a fault with horizontal movement called?
Horizontal faults can be refered to as lateral faults or strike-slip faults.
What kind fault lines are there?
There are 6 types of fault lines. Strike-slip faults, dip-slip faults, oblique- slip faults, listric faults, ring faults, and synthetic and antithetic faults.
Strike-slip faults are caused by?
shear:)
What are strike -slip faults caused by?
Landslide
What type of fault has side to side movement?
Strike-slip (transcurrent) faults. Oblique faults exhibit some strike-slip movement, but they also have a dip-slip component.
Strike slip plate explain?
Strike-slip faults indicate rocks are sliding past each other horizontally, with little to no vertical movement. Both the San Andreas and Anatolian Faults are strike-slip.
What is the main direction of stress on blocks of rock at normql faults reverse faults and strike-slip faults?
The main direction of the stress on blocks of rock at normal faults, reverse faults and the strike slip faults usually happens at the weak areas.
What kind of faults cause shearing?
Strike-slip faults cause shearing
Name three different kinds of faults?
three kinds of faults are normal fault, reverse fault, and strike-slip fault.
