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Do normal faults result in crustal shortening?
Normal faults thin and extend the earth's crust. Reverse faults cause crustal shortening and thickening.
What are earthquakes usually associated with?
fault
What are crustal features?
a2. Crustal features would include those expressed on the surface, (such as mountains, rivers, and lakes) as well as those not as visible (such as volcanic feed pipes, earthquake fault lines, Geological formations, and aquifer formations.)
Which type of plate boundary is associated with the San Andreas Fault?
It is on a transform fault boundary.
What is the word for the half of a fault that lies below?
The section of rock that lies below a fault is called the footwall.
Do normal faults result in crustal shortening?
Normal faults thin and extend the earth's crust. Reverse faults cause crustal shortening and thickening.
What crustal feature will form when two crustal plates move together?
a fault
What fault rock above the fault surface moves downward in relation to rock below the fault surface?
This kind of fault is called a normal fault and is usually a sign of crustal extension.
What builds up in fault zones when crustal blocks stick together?
Stress
What fault develops in response to horizontal tensional stresses in crustal rocks?
normal
What occurs when rocks above the fault surface move downward in relation to rocks below the fault surface?
This kind of fault is called a normal fault and is usually a sign of crustal extension.
Where are fault block mountains most common?
in places where earth crustal rocks are weak.
What happens to the Earth's crust when a strike slip fault happens?
Crustal plates are grinding past each other in a strike-slip fault.
What are earthquakes usually associated with?
fault
What is a crustal block that is downthrown with a steep fault scarp?
It is called a "don't cheat on your Intro to Physical Geography" quiz.
Where Are Fault Block Mountains in California?
A fault-block mountain can be found in Death Valley, California and also in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Movement of large crustal blocks form fault-block mountains.
Where are fault-block mountains in California?
A fault-block mountain can be found in Death Valley, California and also in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Movement of large crustal blocks form fault-block mountains.
