yes.It is as a result of compression forces acting on a rock which is not very tough as a result it break.if a rock is highly resistant folding occurs and you have a fold mountain building up.
ductile deformation
it is when something breaks from its original shape and cannot return to its original form
Faults are the result of "brittle deformation". This means that they occur in rocks which are not molten. A rock has to be solid before it can be faulted, and hence the rock must have formed before the fault could form within it.
Faults are formed by brittle deformations and folds are formed by ductile deformation.
Brittle
ductile deformation
it is when something breaks from its original shape and cannot return to its original form
Igneous rock
Faults are the result of "brittle deformation". This means that they occur in rocks which are not molten. A rock has to be solid before it can be faulted, and hence the rock must have formed before the fault could form within it.
Faults are formed by brittle deformations and folds are formed by ductile deformation.
This is technically known as strain. If the change in shape occurs by fractures forming through the rock this is known as a brittle deformation. If however the rock deforms like a piece of clay being squashed this is known as ductile deformation.
Geological structures form as a result of ductile deformation. These structures include glacier rock, slate, and other such features found as a result of rock wearing down.
faults
Brittle
Brittle
Deformation is a change in the shape and volume of a rock, deformation is produced when a rock experiences a stress that is greater than the strength of the rock.
elastic deformation, ductile deformation and fracture