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What Causes Rock Layers To Fold?
what causes a rock to break into many layers. DOES WATER
What is the force that causes rock layers to crumple and fold?
The force that causes rock layers to crumple and fold is mainly tectonic forces, such as compression. When two tectonic plates collide or move toward each other, the rocks in between experience intense pressure, leading to deformation and folding of the rock layers.
What is an upward fold in a rock is called?
== == An upward fold in a rock formation is called an anticline.
A downward fold in a rock is called?
A downward fold in a rock is called a syncline. It is a type of fold in which the rock layers are bent downward in a trough-like shape.
What fold is the fold in which the youngest rock layers are in the center?
Such a fold is called a syncline.
A fold in which the oldest rock layers are in the center of the fold is?
If rocks are folded, the folding is younger that the youngest rock affected. If they are folded into a syncline (a U-shaped fold) the youngest rocks are in the core of he fold. The opposite is true for an anticline (a big dome-shaped fold).
What causes a protein to fold?
calcium causes that
When does a geological fold occur?
A geological fold occurs when a flat surface like sedimentary rock are deformed and bent. It can occur through natural stress, water pressure or man made causes and engineering.
What is it called when rock layers bend and buckle?
Fold
Which way does a syncline fold?
A syncline fold is concave downward, meaning the youngest rock layers are found in the center of the fold and the oldest rock layers are found on the outer edges of the fold.
The compass direction of a fold or of a rock layer exposed at the surface along a fold is called the?
The compass direction of a fold or a rock layer exposed at the surface along a fold is referred to as the trend of the fold. This trend helps geologists determine the orientation and direction of the folding of rock layers in the Earth's crust.
What does compression do to rock layers?
fold mountains form
