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Are the rock layers still continuous on normal fault?
Yes I think ************************************* If the fault is a fissure (crack) without any slippage (movement up or down) then the layers on both sides will remain on the same level. If slippage has occured, there will be no continuity of layers.
Differences between a fault and a fold?
Folds are the when the rock layers bend. Faults are breaks in the rock layers. Folds are called anticlines and synclines. Faults are called reverse faults, normal faults, or strike-slip faults.
Explain how scientists use the law of crosscutting relationships to determine the relative ages of rock layers and a fault that cuts through the layers?
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What is it called when faults move gradually rather than suddenly?
Faults are breaks in the crust where the crust has moved. The types of dip-slip faults are normal and reverse faults. In both of these, the movement is along the slope of the fault. Sudden movements along these faults can produce fault scarps. Layers of rock being misaligned is evidence of fault movement. Fault creep is caused by slow movement along the fault.In a normal fault, the plates are moving away from each other. This is due to tension. When the fault moves, the footwall rises relative to the hanging wall. Normal faults occur at divergent boundaries, such as ocean ridges. Normal faults can produce fault-block mountains.In a reverse fault, the plates are moving towards each other. This is due to compression. Here, the footwall falls relative to the hanging wall. A thrust fault is a special type of reverse fault, where the angle is shallow. Reverse faults occur at convergent boundaries, like subduction zones.A strike-slip fault is where the two plates move horizontally past each other. The force between them is called shearing. This type of fault is often called a transform fault, because they occur at transform boundaries.
Why are rock layers significant?
if it is a sedimentary rock the fossils get cemented together
What is falting rock?
Faulting is caused by stress in the rock layers, the stress can break and crack the rock causing a fault. There are two types of faults a normal fault and a reverse fault.
What happens to rock layers along a fault?
Usually along a fault the rock layers are broken and displaced in some manner so that the rock layers are not continuous across the fault.
What is the break in layers of rock?
Fault
Rock layers cut by a fault formed?
after the fault
What fault occurs when tectonic plates pull apart from one another and tensional stress is placed on rock layers?
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Are the rock layers still continuous on normal fault?
Yes I think ************************************* If the fault is a fissure (crack) without any slippage (movement up or down) then the layers on both sides will remain on the same level. If slippage has occured, there will be no continuity of layers.
Are the Rock layers still continuous after a strike-slip fault?
Not necessarily. Rock layers along a strike-slip fault may be offset if they are dipping.
If a fault occurs on an area where rock layers have folded what kind of fault will it be?
thrust or reverse fault,
Differences between a fault and a fold?
Folds are the when the rock layers bend. Faults are breaks in the rock layers. Folds are called anticlines and synclines. Faults are called reverse faults, normal faults, or strike-slip faults.
How do you identify a fault in a cross-selection of rock layers?
The type of rock layers found on one side of the fault will either be repeated higher or lower on the other side of the fault. This proves that one side of a fault has moved (slipped).
What fault moves rock downward?
a normal fault
If a fault occurs in an area where rock layers have been folded what type fault would it be?
What is the relative age of a fault that cuts across three horizontal sedimentary rock layers?A. The fault is older than the middle layer. B.The fault is younger than all the layers it cuts across.C. The fault is the same age as the top layer. D. The fault is older than all the layers it cuts across == ==
