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The hanging wall block slips downward along the thrust fault
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What is causing faulting?
Faulting is caused by the stretching or compression of rock by tectonic plate movements
Are Faulting and earthquakes are examples of brittle behavior?
yes
What is a sudden strong movement of Earth's crust?
An earthquake
Where does the most present day faulting of rock occur?
at boundaries between moving parts of the crust
How is thrust used in jet engines?
Thrust is the main propulsion medium. The jet engines produce the thrust (the force forward) the air moves across the top of the wings creating a vacuum which in effect hold the aircraft in flight. The greater the engines are worked the greater the thrust and therefore speed.
What are thrust fault mountains?
Rock that is too brittle to fold under heat and pressure, will break, calledthrust faulting. When older rock ends up on top of younger rock as a result of thrust faulting, the result is the formation of fault block mountains.
What type of fault was the 1940 Ossipee lake earthquake caused by?
In all likelihood it was a thrust fault, as most seismicity in New England is associated with thrust faulting.
What happens when two plates slide?
there is faulting
What happens during faulting?
What happens during faulting is that there is some kind of sudden pressure put on a section of crust. This causes it to break or crack, causing a fault.
What forms from a transverse plate boundary?
A transverse range forms as a result of compression and thrust faulting. The faulting occurs where San Andreas Fault turns E-W.
Is Lake Tahoe an extinct volcano?
No. Lake Tahoe was created when faulting caused by the movement of tectonic plate thrust up mountains around the area.
What type of fault caused the 8.8 Chile quake?
Thrust faulting at a convergent boundary where subduction is occurring. Please see the related question for more information.
A graben is characterized by?
A graben is characterized by a hanging wall block that has moved down between two normal faults. In thrust faulting the crust is shortened and thickened.
What plates moved in the Japan's earthquake?
The earthquake in Japan is a result of the Pacific Plate subducting under the North American Plate. The earthquake was caused by thrust faulting.
Is Mt. Greylock of North Adams massachusstets a volcano?
Mt. Greylock is the tallest point in Massachusetts. It is composed of metamorphosed sedimentary rock, such as marble, and is the product of tectonic thrust faulting. It is not volcanic.
What type of stress and what type of fault caused the Chilean earthquake?
Compressive stress which led to thrust faulting at a convergent boundary where subduction is occurring. Please see the related question for more information.
Why does thrust occur in model rockets?
Thrust happens when fuel is burnt in a sealed tube with a small orifice - basic science.
