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Which type of fault occurs when rocks are pushed together as they meet?
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These will form reverse or thrust faults.
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Type of fault that may form when rocks are compressed?
A reverse fault may form when rocks are compressed.
The rocks above a what fault are forced up and over below the fault?
A reverse fault is formed here
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 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
Rocks being pushed together is what?
rocks being pushed together
What fault occurs when rocks are pushed together as they meet?
When plates move apart or diverge, it is called a normal fault (happens along a divergent boundary). When plates collide or converge, a reverse fault occurs (when the hanging wall pushes up, and the foot wall pushes down). When plates slide past each other, it is called a strike-slip fault, which typically occurs at a transform plate boundary.Also, if you are still having doubts, do more research on strike-slip faults, normal faults, and reverse faults by just typing it in.
What are fractures in rocks where movement occurrs?
A fault is a fracture in the rocks where movement occurs.
What type of mountain form in areas where rocks are being pushed together?
rocky moutains form when rocks are being pushed together.
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.
What occurs when tension forces pull rocks apart?
Normal Fault
What is crustal Compression?
when they are pushed together they form crustal rocks
When compression pushes rocks together it creates what type of fault?
A reverse or thrust fault.
What type of mountains form in where rocks are being pushed together?
Folded Mountain
What occurs when opposing forces causes rocks to break and move horizontally?
The answer is Strike-Slip Fault.
Why are the alps where they are?
The two continents of Africa and Eurasia pushed together and folded the rocks into mountains.
When movement occurs along a strike-slip fault?
rocks move horizontally past one another
