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The rocks above a what fault are forced up and over below the fault?
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A reverse fault is formed here
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Type of fault that may form when rocks are compressed?
A reverse fault may form when rocks are compressed.
What type of fault rocks on either side of the fault surface moves past each other?
strike-slip
What is a ground movement caused by a release of energy when rocks along a fault move?
Earthquake
Which type of fault occurs when rocks are pushed together as they meet?
These will form reverse or thrust faults.
How do the rocks in a strike-slip fault move?
It's a earthquake where two plates move sideways from eachother for example the San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip earthquake.
What rocks above a fault are forced up and over the rocks below the fault?
a reverse fault
Here rocks above this surface are forced up and over rocks below the surface?
Reverse Fault
Where are rocks above the surface forced up and over rocks below the surface?
Reverse Fault
Here rocks above this surface are forced up and over rocks below this surface?
Reverse fault
What kind of fault are rocks forced up and over the rocks below?
Reverse fault
What fault is forced up and over the rocks below the fault?
This a reverse or dip-slip fault.
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.
At a what is rocks above the fault surface forced up and over?
Submersion zone, as described in the theory of plate techtonics.
Where do rocks occur that are forced up and over other rocks?
In a reverse or thrust fault or a nape.
What is the relative age of fault or igneous intrusion that cuts through an unconformity?
If a fault or intrusion cuts through an unconformity, the fault or intrusion is younger than all the rocks it cuts through above and below the unconformity.
What is the relative age of a fault or igneous intrusion that cuts through an unconformity?
If a fault or intrusion cuts through an unconformity, the fault or intrusion is younger than all the rocks it cuts through above and below the unconformity.
What is a block of rock that lies above the fault?
sedimentary rocks lie above the ground
