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Fault, crack, fracture, fissure, joint are all terms that could be applied to this question.
In structural terms, tensile stress in the earth's crust initially creates normal faults. If the tensile stress state persists, larger scale structures such as horst and graben will develop (where graben are down thrown blocks of crust surrounded by normal faults, horsts are the upthrown crustal blocks surrounding the graben).
Ultimately this may result in the formation of a rift valley and or the creation of a divergent tectonic plate boundary.
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Tension pulls rocks apart and creates this kind of fault?
Tension creates normal faults, where the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall. This type of fault is common in divergent boundary settings when tectonic plates move away from each other, causing extension and the rocks to be pulled apart.
What type of stress pulls rocks apart?
Tension stress pulls rocks apart, causing them to stretch and potentially break along fractures or faults. This type of stress is common in divergent plate boundaries and areas experiencing extensional tectonic forces.
Type of fault that may form when rocks are pulled apart due to tension?
Rocks being pulled apart are under tension. This is found at divergent plate boundaries. It is a tension fault.
Are faults caused by tension or compression?
yes tension pulls the rocks apart which produces expanding faultscompression pushes the rocks together which produces crushing faultsshear slides the rocks past each other which produces slipping faults
Compare the way that compression affects the crust to the way that tension affects the crust?
Compression causes rocks to be pushed together, leading to folding and faulting in the crust, often resulting in mountain building. Tension, on the other hand, causes rocks to be pulled apart, resulting in the formation of rift valleys and normal faulting. Both compression and tension are important in shaping the Earth's crust and can lead to the formation of various geological features.
Is the forces that pulls rocks apart?
tension
Tension pulls rocks apart and creates this kind of fault?
Tension creates normal faults, where the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall. This type of fault is common in divergent boundary settings when tectonic plates move away from each other, causing extension and the rocks to be pulled apart.
What is stress that pulls on rocks of the crust?
tension
What is stress that pulls on rocks-of the crust?
tension
What type of stress pulls rocks apart?
Tension stress pulls rocks apart, causing them to stretch and potentially break along fractures or faults. This type of stress is common in divergent plate boundaries and areas experiencing extensional tectonic forces.
What is the force that stretches or pull apart the crust called?
When there is a divergent boundary, regardless if the plates are ocean-ocean or continental-continental, tensional stress pulls on the crust. Rocks have weaker tensional strength than compressive strength, so they are easier to pull apart.
What is the force that pulls rock apart?
Tensile stress.
Type of fault that may form when rocks are pulled apart due to tension?
Rocks being pulled apart are under tension. This is found at divergent plate boundaries. It is a tension fault.
Are faults caused by tension or compression?
yes tension pulls the rocks apart which produces expanding faultscompression pushes the rocks together which produces crushing faultsshear slides the rocks past each other which produces slipping faults
Compare the way that compression affects the crust to the way that tension affects the crust?
Compression causes rocks to be pushed together, leading to folding and faulting in the crust, often resulting in mountain building. Tension, on the other hand, causes rocks to be pulled apart, resulting in the formation of rift valleys and normal faulting. Both compression and tension are important in shaping the Earth's crust and can lead to the formation of various geological features.
What causes rocks to pull apart?
The type of stress that causes rocks to pull apart is a tension stress. It is the major type of stress found in divergent plate boundaries.
What is stress that pulls on the rocks of the crust called?
Stress that acts to pull materials (including rocks of the crust) apart is known as tensile stress.
