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This is known as a normal fault.
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Compare the way that compression affects the crust to the way that tension affects the crust?
compression and tension are opposite. compression pushes the crust together but tension pulls it apart
What happens at a normal fault?
A fault that forms at a divergent boundary
Tension pulls rocks apart and creates this?
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.
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
What is the stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle is?
"NARUTO"
What is the force that stretches or pulls apart the crust of the earth?
Tension stretches or pulls apart the crust.
Streches or pulls apart the crust?
tension
Is the forces that pulls rocks apart?
tension
The type of stress that stretches and pulls a body apart is?
Tension
What is the force that pulls rock apart?
Tensile stress.
What types of fault is formed when plates diverge or pull apart?
Tension in Earth's crust pulls rock apart, causing hanging walls. In a normal fault, the fault is at an angle, so one block of rock lies above the fault while the other block lies below the fault. The block of rock that lies above is called the hanging wall. The rock that lies below is called the footwall.
What type of fault is formed when plates diverge or apart?
Tension in Earth's crust pulls rock apart, causing hanging walls. In a normal fault, the fault is at an angle, so one block of rock lies above the fault while the other block lies below the fault. The block of rock that lies above is called the hanging wall. The rock that lies below is called the footwall.
The stress force that pulls on the crust where two plates are moving apart is called .?
tension
Compare the way that compression affects the crust to the way that tension affects the crust?
compression and tension are opposite. compression pushes the crust together but tension pulls it apart
Why was the crack an effect of tension and not compression stress?
A crack is caused by tension not compression because tension pulls matter apart while compression pushes matter together
What happens at a normal fault?
A fault that forms at a divergent boundary
What is the force that stretches or pulls apart the earths crust?
Generally materials that fly apart are being pushed rather than pulled. We could devise a mechanism that pulls materials apart - for example, if we attach two hooks and pull them on winches in opposite directions. In that case we would describe the force as mechanical in nature. But it is more likely that things get pushed apart by their own internal pressure.
