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If a fault occurs in an area where rock layers have been folded which type of fault is it likely to be?
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If a fault occurs in an area where rock layers have been folded, the type of fault it is likely to be is thrust faulting. This type of fault will have the ground on one side of the fault, move up and over adjacent ground.
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If a fault occurs in an area where rock layers have been folded what type fault would it be?
What is the relative age of a fault that cuts across three horizontal sedimentary rock layers?A. The fault is older than the middle layer. B.The fault is younger than all the layers it cuts across.C. The fault is the same age as the top layer. D. The fault is older than all the layers it cuts across == ==
The type of mountain that forms when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward is the?
Folded Mountains
How do folded volcanic and fault block mountains differ?
Volcanic mountains can erupt, folded mountains form when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward, fault block mountains form when tension makes the lithosphere break into many normal faults
Which formation occurs when compression causes the crust to rise in one area and sink in another?
Fault-block mountains. A+
What do you call mountains formed by blocks of crust moving along a fault?
Mountains made of crumpled and folded layers of rock are called fold mountains. The breaking down of materials of Earth's crust into smaller pieces is weathering.
If a fault occurs on an area where rock layers have folded what kind of fault will it be?
thrust or reverse fault,
If a fault occurs in an area where rock layers have been folded what type fault would it be?
What is the relative age of a fault that cuts across three horizontal sedimentary rock layers?A. The fault is older than the middle layer. B.The fault is younger than all the layers it cuts across.C. The fault is the same age as the top layer. D. The fault is older than all the layers it cuts across == ==
The type of mountain that forms when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward is the?
Folded Mountains
What fault occurs when tectonic plates pull apart from one another and tensional stress is placed on rock layers?
normal fault occurs...odyssey
How do folded volcanic and fault block mountains differ?
Volcanic mountains can erupt, folded mountains form when rock layers are squeezed together and pushed upward, fault block mountains form when tension makes the lithosphere break into many normal faults
Which formation occurs when compression causes the crust to rise in one area and sink in another?
Fault-block mountains. A+
What type of fault is at a folded mountain?
Reverse Fault
What do you call mountains formed by blocks of crust moving along a fault?
Mountains made of crumpled and folded layers of rock are called fold mountains. The breaking down of materials of Earth's crust into smaller pieces is weathering.
What type of fault is likely to form in an area where rock layer has been folded?
Probably reverse fault because folding is the result of compressional stres and reverse faults are caused by compression
What is the break in layers of rock?
Fault
What happens to rock layers along a fault?
Usually along a fault the rock layers are broken and displaced in some manner so that the rock layers are not continuous across the fault.
Are the sierra nevadas folded?
nope fault block
