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What is a force within the Earth that causes rocks on either side of faults to push in opposite direction?
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Where rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite direction or in the same directiion at differnent rates?
Strike slip faults
What causes faults to form?
Fault Lines usually form when too much presseris put onto it. They form onEarths surface The shift in tectonic plates causes the faults to form.
What causes faults in Earths crust?
The constant plate movement
Faults undergoing movement that is horizontal and parallel to the strike of the fault surface are called?
Faults which appear to have displaced rock strata horizontally are called strike slip faults. The two blocks that have been displaced move in opposite directions along the fault line.
What happens when two plates pass each other in opposite directions?
Normally when two plates pass each other they create earthquakes and faults. When two plates pass each other the type of boundary the have is called a Transform Boundary.
Where rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite directions or in the same direction or in the same direction at different rates?
Strike- Slip Faults
Where rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite direction or in the same directiion at differnent rates?
Strike slip faults
Where rocks on opposite sides of faults move in opposite directions or in the same direction at different rates?
strike slip fault
Where rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite directions or in the same directions or or in the same direction at different rates?
Strike- Slip Faults
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 is the main direction of stress on blocks of rock at normql faults reverse faults and strike-slip faults?
The main direction of the stress on blocks of rock at normal faults, reverse faults and the strike slip faults usually happens at the weak areas.
What causes natural faults?
Tectonic plates
When faults shift what occurs?
That causes earthquakes
Does a creep meter measure faults that moved in opposite directions?
yes
What causes reverse faults?
the answer is that compression is the kind of stress.
What causes underwater earthquakes and or vocanoes?
faults and plates disturbances
What causes faults to form?
Fault Lines usually form when too much presseris put onto it. They form onEarths surface The shift in tectonic plates causes the faults to form.
