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No, this would be false. It is called compression.
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∙ 11y agoNo, it's called compression.
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Is The squeezing together of rocks by stress is called shearing.?
No, it's called compression.
The squeezing together of rocks by stress is called?
It is called compression.
What is squeezing together of rocks by stress?
The squeezing together of rocks by stress is called compression. In scientific terms Compression is when a force called stress pushes rock/squeezes rock together until it folds or breaks.
What is the stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions called?
The stress force that causes a mass of rock to pull or twist in opposite directions is called tension. Shearing is the stress force that causes a mass of rock to pull or twist in opposite directions.
When sediments are squeezed together due to pressure what is that called?
The squeezing together of rocks by stress is called compression.
What is stress that pushes rock in opposit directions?
Stress that pushes rock in diffrent directions is called tension. Not shearing
What is the ratio of modulus of rigidity?
shearing stress to shearing strain
What stress cause a strike slip?
The stress that causes strike-slip faults is produced by a shearing force and so is called shear stress.
Stress that pushes the mass of a rock in two opposite directions is called?
stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions is called shearing
What stress causes a slip-strike fault?
The stress that causes strike-slip faults is produced by a shearing force and so is called shear stress.
What is the yield shearing stress of copper?
you may find what you are looking for in a text called "the machinery handbook"
What type of stress pulls rocks apart?
Tensional stress.
