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What stress cause a strike slip?
The stress that causes strike-slip faults is produced by a shearing force and so is called shear stress.
What kind of faults cause shearing?
Strike-slip faults cause shearing
What sort of faults have shearing force?
Shearing force can lead to faults like strike-slip faults, where rocks on either side of the fault move horizontally past each other. These faults can cause earthquakes and are common at tectonic plate boundaries.
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 stress causes a slip-strike fault?
The stress that causes strike-slip faults is produced by a shearing force and so is called shear stress.
What forces cause strike slip fault?
The forces that cause strike slip faults are shearing forces. These forces refer to a pair of equally opposed forces.
What type of boundary makes strike-slip faults?
Transform boundaries like the one on the California cost cause strike slip faults. As the two plates move in opposite direction the earthquake occurs.
What does strike slip faults cause?
They can cause earthquakes or plate movements, depends how big it was. -bkinishi@yahoo.com
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 faults in california?
strike-slip faults where they move laterally
What force can cause strike-slip faults?
Strike-slip faults are commonly caused by the horizontal shearing forces from tectonic plate movement. This movement can be either left-lateral (sinistral) or right-lateral (dextral) depending on the direction of the forces. These lateral forces cause rocks on either side of the fault to move horizontally past each other.
