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How faults and folds influence construction of dams and tunnels?
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Fault lines and land folds influence the construction of dams and tunnels by helping to decide where at in the land and run of the river the structure will be made, and also how strong the structure will need to be.
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Differences between a fault and a fold?
Folds are the when the rock layers bend. Faults are breaks in the rock layers. Folds are called anticlines and synclines. Faults are called reverse faults, normal faults, or strike-slip faults.
Describe how the presence of faults and folds supports the idea that lithospheric plates are in motion?
Faults and folds just support the idea that there lithospheric plates are in motion because folds appear when the plates move towards each other. The faults appear when the plates drift apart and cause an empty space.
Why are thrust fault reverse faults and folds commonly found in the same place?
Thrust faults and reverse faults are essentially the same, the only difference being the angle: thrust faults have a shallow angle of 45 degrees or less from horizontal. Reverse (thrust) faults and folds usually indicate rock being compressed. In many cases folds develop along reverse faults as one fault block is dragged along another, with an anticline forming in the hanging wall.
What can scientists determine by studying folds faults and intrusions in rock?
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When tectonic plates collide folds and faults become?
Mountain Ranges
When tectonic plates collide folds faults can become?
Mountain Ranges
When tectonic plates collide folds and faults can become?
Mountain Ranges
Where should you find folds and faults?
along tectonic plate boundaries.
What is structural geology and a magazine discussing about an engineering project affected by structural geology?
Structural geologists look at features in rock caused by deformation, that is, by the action of forces acting on and within the earth's crust. These structures include faults and folds, which significantly affect the strength of rock and must be considered in the construction of tunnels, buildings, dams and other engineering projects that rely on that rock for their foundation.
What 3 major types of folds and 3 major types of faults?
I don't know the three major types of folds only 2 they are anticline and syncline
Identify features that all types of folds share and features that only some types of folds have?
It results in fractures, joints and faults, features that you will have the ... shapes of folds, but most can be classified into three basic types. ... see shortly, plunging folds do not share this characteristic.
What type of geological structures are there?
Folds,Faults,Joints and Un-comformities are some important Geological Structure.
