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The Earth's crust comprises many pieces called tectonic plates. These structures are in continual motion. They float on top of the layer known as the asthenosphere which is an extremely hot, ductile rock layer, and collide with one another in a perpetual conflict. Heavier oceanic plates generally sink beneath lighter continental plates if they collide head on, causing the continental plates to rise up forming mountains, while the oceanic plates sink beneath, exposing them to enormous heat and pressure that results in their remelting and becoming new mantle or sometimes forming new rock types. These collisions of plates are not always head on. Sometimes the plates slide parallel to one another, as is the case with the San Andreas fault region. Also, sometimes the plates separate from on another causing a linear crack to form, exposing the molten mantle to conditions allowing it to solidify, creating the formation of "new" tectonic plates.
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Where is the earthquake danger zone known as the san Andreas fault?
Southwest California
What is the san ------- fault causes many earthquakes?
I think you will ind that it is the San Andreas Fault line.
What is the name of the earthquake fault in ca?
There are many faults in California. The two most significant faults are the San Andreas Fault and the Hayward Fault.
What is the San Jose fault?
The San Andreas Fault
What fault line is San Francisco on?
San Andreas Fault Line
What is a famous California earthquake fault zone name besides the San Andreas Fault?
The Hayward Fault Zone
What is happening to the plates along the san Andreas fault?
they are making earthquakes
Explain how tectonic forces created the San Andreas fault zone What type of fault is typical of this fault zone?
The San Andreas fault zone is located at a transform boundary, where two plates are grinding past one another horizontally. As the rocks grind past one another, shear stress causes rock to break into a series of blocks. The blocks form a series of strike-slip faults—the typical fault type along the San Andreas fault.
Where is the earthquake danger zone known as the san Andreas fault?
Southwest California
Name of the fault where the San Francisco 1906 occurred?
The San Andreas fault is where it occured.
Is there a large fault running through California?
The San Andreas fault!The San Andreas Fault
What is happening to the earths plates at the san Andreas fault?
The San Andreas fault lies along a transform fault line where two of the Earth's plates are sliding past each other. At San Andreas, the Pacific Plate (to the west) slides past the North American Plate (to the east).
Is the San Andreas Fault a normal fault?
No, the San Andreas Fault is a strike-slip fault, not a normal fault.
What is the name of the fault that marks the boundary between pacific and north American plates?
The name of the transform boundary that separates the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate is known as the San Andreas Fault. It is the site of many of the earthquakes that plague Southern California.
What is the san ------- fault causes many earthquakes?
I think you will ind that it is the San Andreas Fault line.
What is the name of the earthquake fault in ca?
There are many faults in California. The two most significant faults are the San Andreas Fault and the Hayward Fault.
What active fault zone generate earthquakes?
The San Andreas Fault in California is a well-known active fault zone that generates earthquakes. Other examples include the Ring of Fire in the Pacific Ocean and the North Anatolian Fault in Turkey. These fault zones experience frequent seismic activity due to the movement of tectonic plates.
