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When rock layers bend due to stress in the earths crust as in example of two continental plates converging what is the answer folding or rifting?
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It is folding. And this folding results in the formation of fold mountains, eg the Himalayan mountain.
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Fault block mountains are primarly the result of faulting and?
Fault block mountains are often created through rifting, which is an indication of tensional tectonic forces. Fault block mountains are primarily the result of faulting and folding.
The process by which the Earth's crust breaks apart can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust?
You're probably thinking of weathering and erosion (or just weathering) or excavation :)
Which regimes are associated with normal faults?
Rifting.
What are the stages in a continental drift?
Well, Continental Rifting is the process in which a continent is literally pulled apart. First, sediment collects on the floor of the rift valley. Oceanic crust made of gabbro and basalt is formed, which is dense and causes the valley to sink. Eventually, ocean water flows into the valley. There you have it. Hope this Helped.
Why was the discovery of no rocks older than 2billion years old on the ocean floor so important?
It is an indication that the ocean floor is moving, being created by rifting and destroyed by subduction, thus providing evidence of plate tectonics and continental drift.
What is the difference between continental rifting and oceanic rifting?
ones on land the other under water
Where does Continental rifting or divergence continue today?
East-Africa.
Why might a fault form?
Geologic uplift, sinking, continental collision, rifting.
How does continental rifting lead to changes in plants and animals?
Continental rifting will cause plants and animals to evolve due to their changing habitats. Plants and animals that become isolated will begin to diverge and change to fit into their new ecosystems.
What are the names of the two continental masses resulting from the first rifting of pangaea?
two name are you and you
What are the two continental masses resulting from the first rifting of Pangaea?
The two continental landmasses resulting from the first rifting of Pangaea are Laurasia in the north and Gondwana in the south. These two landmasses eventually broke apart and drifted to their current positions, forming the continents we see today.
What is continental rift?
A continental rift is a long narrow slit in the earth indicating that a zone of the lithosphere has become thinner.
Two sources that add to the size of continents?
Accretion from plate collision, and addition of crust from continental rifting.
Fault block mountains are primarly the result of faulting and?
Fault block mountains are often created through rifting, which is an indication of tensional tectonic forces. Fault block mountains are primarily the result of faulting and folding.
Is rifting the opposite of subduction?
In a way. In rifting, crust is created. In subduction, crust is destroyed.
Do convergent plate boundaries involve the process of rifting?
No. Rifting is associated with divergent boundaries.
The process by which the Earth's crust breaks apart can occur within continental crust or oceanic crust?
You're probably thinking of weathering and erosion (or just weathering) or excavation :)
