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When did this particular fault last move?
when did this particular fualt last move
How can earthquakes be planned for?
Move away from a fault line.
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 is it called when faults move gradually rather than suddenly?
Faults are breaks in the crust where the crust has moved. The types of dip-slip faults are normal and reverse faults. In both of these, the movement is along the slope of the fault. Sudden movements along these faults can produce fault scarps. Layers of rock being misaligned is evidence of fault movement. Fault creep is caused by slow movement along the fault.In a normal fault, the plates are moving away from each other. This is due to tension. When the fault moves, the footwall rises relative to the hanging wall. Normal faults occur at divergent boundaries, such as ocean ridges. Normal faults can produce fault-block mountains.In a reverse fault, the plates are moving towards each other. This is due to compression. Here, the footwall falls relative to the hanging wall. A thrust fault is a special type of reverse fault, where the angle is shallow. Reverse faults occur at convergent boundaries, like subduction zones.A strike-slip fault is where the two plates move horizontally past each other. The force between them is called shearing. This type of fault is often called a transform fault, because they occur at transform boundaries.
In Which direction does a reverse fault cause the land to move?
Up
What type of fault move because its under tension?
Normal faults
What fault moves because it is under tension.?
normal
How does the normal fault move?
normal faults move from tension while the hanging wall goes up
What kind of fault moves because it is under compression?
Reverse faults move due to being under pressure.
What happens as rocks move past each other along a fault?
Tension, friction and heat increase.
What is boundary tension?
Tensional boundary is the meeting zone of two tectonic plates at a normal fault; the plates move apart
How do fault mountains occur?
Where two plates move away from each other tension forces create many normal faults.
How is the stress in the southern part of the San Andreas fault system different from the stress in the northern part?
The stress in the southern part of the San Andreas Fault has a lot of collisions due to compression. The stress in the northern part gets separated because of tension, meaning one is causing them to move while the other is producing them.
How do fault block mountains occur?
Where two plates move away from each other tension forces create many normal faults.
In what direction do rocks above anormal fault surface moves?
In a reverse fault, compression (plates crashing together) causes the hanging wall to move up. In a normal fault, tension ( plates pulling apart) causes the footwall to push up.
What kind of fault happens under the ocean?
the answer is an earthquake because the plates move so suddenly it makes the earth shake so therefore it would be called an earthquake!
How does a rock move on a normal fault?
A normal fault is a product of tension so the hanging wall of the fault slides down the footwall. If you look into the fault plane, and it slopes from lower left to top right, the (over)hanging wall is on the left and you will see its younger rocks have slid down to meet older ones on the footwall opposite.
