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What type of fault is found at Rio Grande rift valley?
it is a normal fault
What type of fault is the great rift valley?
The Great Rift Valley is a divergent fault.
What type of fault makes a rift valley?
strike slip fault
A rift valley is the reverse of this type of mountain?
fault block
A rift valley is the reverse of what type of mountain?
A rift valley is the reverse of a fault block mountain. Rift valleys are linear shaped low lands and divergent plate boundaries.
What type of fault is Owens valley?
The Owens Valley fault is a normal fault
What type of fault created the Rio Grande Rift Valley?
A rift valley is a graben. A German word. A graben geological structure in cross section looks like a V with a wide bottom, more like a U with sloped sides. The earth is pulled apart creating normal faults on either side and the center part sinks. The opposite structure, where the center rises is called a horst. Look up graben on wikipedia.
A rift valley is the reverse of this type of mountain.?
fault block
When two normal faults cause valleys to drop down on either side of a block of rock what type of landforms results?
A fault- block mountain
The great rift valley of Africa is what type of boundary?
Divergent.
What type of boundary is the eastern arfica rift valley?
A divergent boundary.
What type of boundary is the great rift valley in Africa?
divergent. the right side of the plate is pulling away creating the "rift."
