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Q: What is it called when rock layers bend and buckle?
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When rock layers bend and buckle it results in what?

cliffs


When rock layers bend and buckle in results in a?

Fols


What occurs when rock layers bend and buckle from earth's internal forces?

folding


What are rock layers that bend and buckle called?

It is called the vibration of the equater going up and smashing into eachother its called - equalation! UR WELCOME


How is folding different from tilting?

Folding happens when rock layers bend and buckle under pressure. Tilting happens when forces from inside Earth cause rock layers to become slanted.


Bend in rock layers created by pressure?

A bend in rock layers created by pressure is called folding. It refers to a ductile behavior in which planar or flat layers of rock bend in response to stress.


What is a bend in layers in rock?

A fold


What are layers of rock that bend can produce a downward fold know as?

A Syncline is where lays of rock bend downwards and then curve up. An Anticline is the opposite: layers of rock bend upwards and then down.


When rock layer bend and buckle it results in a?

Fols


What is the process of mountain building in which Earth's crust folds and deeply buried rock layers rise and are exposed?

The mountain building process in which layers of land bend and buckle to release pressure is called fold lines or faulting. This process includes earthquakes and volcanoes in orogeny.


What results from tension between rock layers?

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.


When layers of rock bend?

because of the boodies of watter