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Faults are fractures in the Earth's crust where blocks of rock have moved relative to each other. When tectonic plates converge, the immense pressure caused by this compression can lead to the formation of faults, allowing for the release of accumulated stress. This process facilitates the adjustment of the Earth's crust and helps accommodate the forces generated by tectonic activity. In essence, while other geological processes occur, faults specifically represent the mechanical response to compressive forces within the Earth's crust.
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Which planet only has one satellite?
The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth.
Why is life only found on earth?
we are the only planet who have the right conditions
The only planet with a bountiful supply of water?
Earth is the only planet with a bountiful supply of water.
What is the only planet that can't be seen from earth?
The only planet that can't be seen from earth is earth itself. Other than earth itself other planet can be seen, however sometimes it might requires use of high technology!
The crust is only of earth's thickness?
Kip
What is it that the earth is called a blue planet and what consists then explain?
Because the earth is covered with 75% water and the only known planet with water.
What is a neutral territory?
Neutral is the return path that's used under normal circumstances; earth is the safe return path that is only used during faults to protect the user.
Why are thrust fault reverse faults and folds commonly found in the same place?
Thrust faults and reverse faults are essentially the same, the only difference being the angle: thrust faults have a shallow angle of 45 degrees or less from horizontal. Reverse (thrust) faults and folds usually indicate rock being compressed. In many cases folds develop along reverse faults as one fault block is dragged along another, with an anticline forming in the hanging wall.
What is a text compression?
Text compression is code that compresses text. Text often compresses tighter than other code since it uses a limited spectrum of the characters, and there are only so many words.
How are faults created?
Over many years, moving plates build up pressure inside rocks. Tension strains rocks and those rocks crack and shift to relieve the pressure. That's how faults are created. Well, don't quote me on this because I'm only an eleven year old girl.
Is it true that Mountains formed by blocks of rock uplifted by normal faults are called dome mountains?
No, mountains formed by blocks of rock uplifted by normal faults are called fault-block mountains. Dome mountains are formed by the upward flow of magma beneath the Earth's crust, causing the overlying rock layers to bend and rise into a dome shape.
Do strike slip faults only occur in California?
No. They can form anywhere on Earth's surface / within the lithosphere that is affected by shear stress. For example the fault that caused the 2010 Haitian earthquake was a strike slip fault.
What type of structure produced by a pair of reverse faults?
I know of no structure caused by pairs of reverse faults. Pairs of normal faults can cause "horsts" and "graben". However in horizontal stress fields where the maximum principle stress is parallel to the Earth's surface and the minimum principle stress is normal to the Earth's surface only one one fault surface/plane usually develops (which may be imbricated) as the shortening and thickening usually build away from the source of compression. Also as the crust thickens the principal stress will not remain normal to Earth's surface for long. Reverse faults at very high strains therefore merge into napes or subduction zones.
What are symmetrical faults?
A three-phase symmetrical fault exists when all three line conductors are short-circuited, sometimes to earth (ground). An unsymmetrical fault occurs when only one or two of the three lines are involved.
Three possible thories to explain the origin of the moon?
a metor crshed into earth as it was forming and rocks went fling and only took one month to form.
How can you explain my answer on paper what is 1 3.4 subtracted by 2.5?
Only you can explain your answer! Other people can only guess.
Explain how an eclipse is evidence of the Earth being spherical in shape?
During an eclipse of the moon, the edge of Earth's shadow is always the arc of a circle. Only spheres casts circular shadows; a flat surface would not do so.
