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When does an earthquake occur along a fault?
plates of the earth crash into each other along faults causing an earthquake
The fracture along which blocks of crust move relative to each other?
A fault
Where do the majority of the earthquake on earth occur?
Most earthquakes occur along the oceanic and continental plates where two plates are running into each other or sliding past each other. Fault lines or cracks in the earth can be created along these plate edges. The Pacific plate is the most active so most of the earthquakes are along the edge of that plate such as the Ring of Fire in the basin of the Pacific Ocean.
What forms at a transform boundary?
Earthquakes form at a Transform boundary when the plate slips past each other.
What is most likely to happen along a transform fault boundary?
At these boundaries, the rocks grind and slide against each other, causing earthquakes.
What type of moraine forms along each side of a glaicer?
There are many types of moraines. These include medial moraine, lateral moraine, ground moraine, and terminal moraine. The type that forms along each side of a glacier is a terminal moraine. The one that forms from unsorted rock materials is called a medial moraine.
What are four moraines?
Lateral moraine: Forms along the sides of a glacier as it moves, consisting of rock and debris that has eroded from the valley walls. Medial moraine: A ridge of sediment that forms when two glaciers merge and the lateral moraines from each side join together. Terminal moraine: A moraine that marks the furthest advance of a glacier and is typically found at the snout or end of the glacier. Ground moraine: Deposits of till left behind by a glacier as it retreats, forming a relatively flat and often fertile landscape.
A ridge like deposit of sediment at the edge of a glacier?
This is likely a moraine, which is formed when rocks and sediment are picked up and transported by a glacier. As the glacier melts, it deposits this material along its edges, creating a ridge-like feature. There are different types of moraines, such as lateral, medial, and terminal moraines, each forming in specific locations along the glacier's path.
By how much is the North Moraine Hill Glacier moving each year?
Glaciers can move at different rates depending on various factors, such as temperature, slope, and ice thickness. On average, glaciers can move anywhere from a few centimeters to a few meters per day. To determine the specific rate at which the North Moraine Hill Glacier is moving each year, a study or monitoring of the glacier's movement would need to be conducted.
How can an esker be quickly differentiated from a moraine by its sediment?
Since the esker was deposited in a flowing water regime, I would not expect to find many fine clays there. And I would not expect to find any large boulders, >1m in an esker. The moraine on the other hand will have parts that have been formed by rocks grinding each other in a comparatively waterless regime. So it will have lots of fine clays. Boulders >>1m could even be a feature of a moraine.
A glacier forms in an area where more snow falls than?
A glacier forms under certain terrain conditions and where more snow falls in the winter than melts in the summer.
Describe the various types of glacial moraines?
there is glacial drift and that is the act of rock material carried and deposited by glaciers. there is till which is the act of unsorted rock material that is deposited directly by a melting glacier and there is stratified drift which is the result of a glacial deposit that has been sorted and layered by action of streams or meltwater
What is a growing glacier different from a melting glacier?
A melting glacier gets smaller, but a growing glacier gets bigger.
How are the four types of moraines different from each other?
The four types of moraines are lateral, medial, terminal, and ground moraines. Lateral moraines form along the sides of a glacier, medial moraines are formed when two glaciers merge and their lateral moraines combine, terminal moraines mark the furthest extent of a glacier's advance, and ground moraines are the debris left behind beneath a glacier as it retreats.
What layer is along the crust and forms the solid tectonics plates?
The lithosphere is the layer along the crust that forms the solid tectonic plates. It consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle and is broken into several pieces that move and interact with each other due to tectonic forces.
Where is longest glacier in the world locate?
Where is the world's longest glacier?The world's longest glacier is the Lambert-Fisher glacier at an icy 320 miles in length and a not-so-hot 25 miles in width.The Lambert-Fisher glacier is a speed demon as far as slow moving masses of ice go, moving over a half mile each year.The Lambert-Fisher Glacier located in Antarctica
How does glacial till differ from stratified drift describe one glacial feature made of each type of glacial drift?
Glacial till is unsorted and unstratified sediment deposited directly by a glacier, while stratified drift is sorted and stratified sediment deposited by glacial meltwater. An example of glacial till is a moraine, which is a ridge of mixed debris left behind by a moving glacier. An example of stratified drift is an outwash plain, which is a flat, gently sloping area formed by the deposition of sorted sediments carried by glacial meltwater.
