Where does a fault form?

Answer 1

A fault-block mountain forms where the edges of two plates come together to create a fault. When one plate pushes up over the other one, the upper one can continue up until it is high enough to create a fault-block mountain.

Answer 2

In geology, a fracture in the rocks of the Earth's crust, where compressional or tensional forces cause the rocks on the opposite sides of the fracture to be displaced relative to each other. Faults range in length from a few inches to hundreds of miles, and displacement may also range from less than an inch to hundreds of miles along the fracture surface (the fault plane). Most, if not all, earthquakes are caused by rapid movement along faults. Faults are common throughout the world. A well-known example is the San Andreas Fault near the western coast of the U.S. The total movement along this fault during the last few million years appears to have been several miles.

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actually there is a much easier simple way to understand here it is !

Faults form when rock is put under so much stress that it can no longer bend but break. There is a crack that forms when rocks break and move past each other called a fault.

Answer 3

Faults are formed when sections of the Earth's crust (tectonic plates) move atop the mantle.

Answer 4

because if is just a form of nature and Gods work

Answer 5

A fault is a crack or split in the Earth's crust. They are formed when stress is applied to the crust and it cracks.

Answer 6

under the earth's crust, where an earthquake will occur