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the collision of sub-crustal plates :)
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Large-scale folding of the earth's crust may be caused by what?
Large-scale folding of the earth's crust may be caused by what?
Why do the large sections of Earth's crust move?
Large-Scale folding of the earth's crust is mostly caused by the collision of sub-crustal plates.
What is caused by the earths plate or crust?
Earthquaks are caused by the earths tectonic plates moving over each other.Nothing is caused by the earths crust its just dirt and rock.
What happens at a collision zone?
Folding, Subduction, Upliftment and Displacement of regions of the earths crust.
What causes thinning in the earths crust?
Thinning of the Earth's crust is caused by the Earth's mantle heating up and expanding. As the mantle expands, large areas of the crust fall in, where they are melted.
What occurs when rocks layers bend due to stress in the Earths crust?
I found that folding happens
Plates are large sections of Earths what?
The crust
What is the large piece of the earths crust?
the mantle
What caused the earthquake of japan?
The earthquake and tsunami were caused by a shift in the earths crust.
When rock layers bend due to stress in the earths crust as in example of two continental plates converging what is the answer folding or rifting?
It is folding. And this folding results in the formation of fold mountains, eg the Himalayan mountain.
Which is found in large quantities in the Earths crust?
silicon
How many large plates on earths crust?
7
