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When rock layers bend and buckle it creates mountains. For example, the Rocky Mountains in the west are millions of years younger than the Appalachian Mountains in the east forming from two separate incidents of buckling.
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Stress that causes rock layers to stretch and move apart?
tension
What resources are trapped between layers of rock in a aquifer?
water is trapped between layers of rock in an aquifer
What is a slab of volcanic rock formed when magma squeezes between layers of rock?
A sill (assuming you are talking about horizontal layers of rock)
What is a slab of rock when magma squeezes between layers of rock?
sill
What is the difference between a rock layer and a rock column?
A rock column is made of many rock layers.
What results from compression between rock layers?
it forms a sedimentary rock
Stress that causes rock layers to stretch and move apart?
tension
When rock layers bend and buckle it results in what?
cliffs
When rock layers bend and buckle in results in a?
Fols
What resources are trapped between layers of rock in a aquifer?
water is trapped between layers of rock in an aquifer
What are formations that are sandwiched between layers of existing rock formations?
The formations that are sandwiched between layers of existing rock formations called sills. Another formation between layers is called laccoliths.
What is a Lacolith?
When magma flows between rock layers and spreads upward, it sometimes pushes the overlying rock layers into a dome. The base of the intrusion is parallel to the rock layer beneath it.
Does a dike form when magma forces itself between rock layers and hardens?
No, when magma forces itself BETWEEN rock layers it is called a sill. When the magma cuts THROUGH rock layers it is called a dike.
What are formations that are sandwiched between layers of existing rock formations called?
The formations that are sandwiched between layers of existing rock formations called sills. Another formation between layers is called laccoliths.
What is a slab of volcanic rock formed when magma squeezes between layers of rock?
A sill (assuming you are talking about horizontal layers of rock)
What is a slab of rock when magma squeezes between layers of rock?
sill
What is the difference between a rock layer and a rock column?
A rock column is made of many rock layers.
