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the breaking of rocks or displacing along the fracture.
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What is causing faulting?
Faulting is caused by the stretching or compression of rock by tectonic plate movements
What is the movements in the crust that cause the faulting or folding of rock?
Tectonics.
What can up and down faulting also be called?
Up and down faulting can also be called normal faulting or graben faulting, depending on the specific geological context. These terms refer to the movement of rock blocks along faults, where one block moves downward relative to the other.
What are the 3 different types of rock movement in earthquakes?
The three different types of rock movement in earthquakes are normal (extensional) faulting, reverse (compressional) faulting, and strike-slip (lateral) faulting. Normal faulting occurs when rocks are pulled apart, reverse faulting involves rocks being pushed together, and strike-slip faulting involves horizontal movement along a fault line.
Why would newer rock layers ever be below older rock layers?
Due to faulting or folding.
What is faulting folding and tilting?
Faulting is the fracturing of rock along a fault line, creating offset blocks. Folding is the bending of rock layers due to compressional forces. Tilting is the slanting of rock layers away from their original horizontal position.
Faulting and folding are both types of what-?
Crustal deformation. That is, when pieces of the Earth's crust change shape due to tectonic forces.
Where does the most present day faulting of rock occur?
at boundaries between moving parts of the crust
Where does most present -day faulting of rock occur?
At interfaces between moving parts of the lithosphere
What are the four types of rock disturbances?
The four types of rock disturbances are folding, faulting, tilting, and igneous intrusion. Folding occurs when rocks bend and warp under pressure. Faulting involves movement along fractures in the Earth's crust. Tilting refers to the slanting of rock layers. Igneous intrusion happens when magma is forced into existing rock layers.
What is falting rock?
Faulting is caused by stress in the rock layers, the stress can break and crack the rock causing a fault. There are two types of faults a normal fault and a reverse fault.
What are the types of rock deformation?
The types of rock deformation include folding, faulting, and shearing. Folding occurs when rocks bend due to compressional forces, faulting involves the movement of rocks along fractures or faults, and shearing is the sliding of rock layers past each other horizontally.
