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What are the major faults around the world?
one of the major faults are that there was an open circuit on the windings.
What is a deep furrow in the ground or ocean floor?
Deep furrows in the ground or ocean floor are faults. San Andreas fault in California is a prime example, having displacement hundreds of kilometers long. Two kinds of faults are dip-slip faults and strike-slip faults.
Are the Siberian traps still active?
No. They used to be some of the most active geologic areas. To give an example, that region erupted for 1 million years at full force. If they were to become active, it would be the end of the world as we know it.
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 is active and inactive faults?
Active faults can generate earthquakes and represent sources of seismic energy. Inactive faults can no longer generate earthquakes but did so in the past. +++ They can, but really the earthquake is the effect of the movement on the fault, so not the defining mechanism. ' An active fault is one still moving (albeit usually in small, irregular steps over millions of years); an inactive fault is stable. If a new phase of tectonic stresses arrive, an inactive fault can be 're-activated', in many cases with the movement in the opposite direction. A fault is a fracture with displacement, and that movement is of the rock on one side of the fault-plane across the other.
How many faults does the US have?
OK!over 99 active faults!
Why are faults sometimes referred to as active boundaries?
because tectonic plates actively move and shift along faults
What two factors do geologists consider when determining earthquake risk for a region?
By locating where faults are active and where past earthquake have occurred.
What is one structure that you would find at an active continental margin that you would not at a passive?
You will find active faults and, if the margin is convergent, volcanoes.
Sections of active faults that have had few earthquakes are likely to be sites of strong earthquakes?
focus
What are the major faults around the world?
one of the major faults are that there was an open circuit on the windings.
Are earthquakes be predicted How?
They can't be predicted and that is the problem. Geologists monitor active faults for signs of movement.
What is an Example of normal faults?
An example of a normal fault is the Great Rift Valley of Africa.
What is an example for strike-slip faults?
San Andreas Fault
States that sections of active faults that have had few earthquakes are likely to be sites of strong earthquakes?
gap hypothesis
States that sections of active faults that have had few earthquakes are likely to sites of strong earthquakes?
gap hypothesis
What states the sections of active faults that have had a few earthquakes that are likely to be sited of strong earthquakes?
the san andreas fault
