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What often happens along large cracks called faults bat the edge of the earth plates?
Earthquakes
What group of minerals form along faults?
vein minerals form between faults.
What are three ways in which geologist use seismograph?
They map faults, detect changes along faults, and develop a method of predicting earthquakes
Earthquakes result when forces push what along faults in earths lithosphere?
Earthquakes result when forces push plates along faults in the Earth's lithosphere. These plates are comprised of the crust and a portion of the upper mantle.
When does an earthquake occur along a fault?
plates of the earth crash into each other along faults causing an earthquake
When rocks break, they move along surfaces called?
Faults
A sharp cliff caused by sudden movements along dip-slip faults is called a?
A sharp cliff caused by sudden movements along dip-slip faults is called an earthquake. It causes the ground to shake for several seconds.
A sharp cliff caused by sudden movements along dip-slip faults is called a .?
A sharp cliff caused by sudden movements along dip-slip faults is called an earthquake. It causes the ground to shake for several seconds.
What is a break or crack along which rocks moved called?
A break or crack along which rocks move is called a fault. Sudden motion along the faults result to earthquakes.
Faults undergoing movement that is horizontal and parallel to the strike of the fault surface are called?
Faults which appear to have displaced rock strata horizontally are called strike slip faults. The two blocks that have been displaced move in opposite directions along the fault line.
What often happens along large cracks called faults at the edge of the Earths plates?
Earthquakes
Once the elastic limit of rock is passed they break and move along surface called?
faults
What is it called when A sharp cliff caused by sudden movements along dip-slip faults?
sheer wall
A sharp cliff caused by sudden movements along dip-slip faults is called?
sheer wall
What is a sharp cliff caused by sudden movements along dip slip faults called?
sheer wall
What often happens along large cracks called faults bat the edge of the earth plates?
Earthquakes
How are earths faults different from your faults?
Your faults are flaws in your personality. Earth's faults are cracks in the ground along which blocks of rock move.
