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Normal faults
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What kind of fault moves because it is under tension?
A normal fault moves because it is under tension. In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall due to the pulling apart of the Earth's crust, creating space and tension that cause the fault to move.
What fault moves because it is under tension.?
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What fault moves because of tension?
Normal faults move because of tension, which causes the hanging wall to move downward relative to the footwall. This type of faulting occurs in areas where the Earth's crust is being pulled apart, and can create features such as rift valleys and horst-and-graben structures.
How does the normal fault move?
normal faults move from tension while the hanging wall goes up
What kind of fault moves because it is under compression?
A reverse fault moves because it is under compression. In a reverse fault, the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall due to compressional forces in the Earth's crust. This type of fault is associated with convergent plate boundaries where tectonic plates collide.
What happens as rocks move past each other along a fault?
Tension, friction and heat increase.
What is boundary tension?
Tensional boundary is the meeting zone of two tectonic plates at a normal fault; the plates move apart
How do fault mountains occur?
Where two plates move away from each other tension forces create many normal faults.
Tension pulls rocks apart and creates this kind of fault?
Tension creates normal faults, where the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall. This type of fault is common in divergent boundary settings when tectonic plates move away from each other, causing extension and the rocks to be pulled apart.
In what direction do rocks above anormal fault surface moves?
In a reverse fault, compression (plates crashing together) causes the hanging wall to move up. In a normal fault, tension ( plates pulling apart) causes the footwall to push up.
What kind of fault happens under the ocean?
the answer is an earthquake because the plates move so suddenly it makes the earth shake so therefore it would be called an earthquake!
Is a fault block mountain caused by tension or compression?
A fault-block mountain is typically formed by tensional forces where blocks of the Earth's crust move vertically due to normal faults. These mountains result from the crust being pulled apart, leading to the uplift of fault blocks.
