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The grinding of tectonic plates. This caused by the outer core sending heat to the asthenosphere. The heat creates convection cells (aka convection currents), which move the asthenosphere. The tectonic, or lithospheric, plates are floating on the asthenosphere. When the asthenosphere moves, the tectonic plates move, and they gring together. The grinding will eventually cause a tectonic plate to fracture, which releases energy through the earth as seismic waves, and an earthquake occurs.
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Why is the stress the earths crust?
The earth's crust is not stress
What is caused by the earths plate or crust?
Earthquaks are caused by the earths tectonic plates moving over each other.Nothing is caused by the earths crust its just dirt and rock.
Three types of stress that occer in earths crust?
Compression Stress Tension Stress Shearing Stress
What causes stress earths crust?
The movement in earths plates create powerful forces that pull or squeeze the rock in the crust.
How does stress in the crust change earths crust?
it means earthquakes will happen more often
What type of stress causes the earths crust to become thinner?
Tension
What caused the earthquake of japan?
The earthquake and tsunami were caused by a shift in the earths crust.
What forces squeezes or pull the rock in earths crust?
Stress forces squeeze or pull the rock in the Earth's crust.
How does stress change earths crust?
It causes it to deform - this deformation is called "strain".
What caused breakup of pangea?
the earths mantle and crust chating is wrong
An earthquake is a shaking caused by the sudden movement of the earths crust?
True((;
Wheathering and erosion of earths crust are primarily caused by?
water wind.
