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In geology, shearing occurs when rocks slide past each other horizontally in opposite directions. The kind of fault created by shearing is called a strike-slip fault.

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It creates strike-slip faults.

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What kind of faults cause shearing?

Strike-slip faults cause shearing


How do strike slip faults?

strike-slip faults move along each other from shearing


What kind of stressors on the rock cause faults?

The stress that causes strike-slip faults is produced by a shearing force and so is called shear stress.


What are the three types of plate boundaries and what types of faults occur there?

a. Transform:transform boundaries or motion creates strike-slip faults.b. Convergent:convergent boundaries or motion creates reverse faults.c. Divergent:divergent motion creates a normal fault.


Describe the movements that occur along each of the 3 types of faults?

Shearing, tension, and compression work over millions of years to change the shape and volume of rock


Are faults caused by stress?

Yes, a strike-slip fault is caused by shearing.


Two types of faults can result in mountains which are they?

The two types of faults that can result in mountains are reverse faults and normal faults.


What are the three types of falts?

The three types of faults are Normal faults, Reverse faults, and Strike and Slip fault


Are the three types of faults normal faults backward faults and slip faults?

No. Your terminology is close but not quite right. The three main types of faults are normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. Strike-slip faults may also be called transform faults.


What are the forces that push on rocks from different but not opposite directions?

convection currentsthe conduction of faults zonedivergent bounders or shearing forces


Compression tension and shearing are three types of?

stress


What force creates reverse faults?

the force is compression