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When rocks break they move along the surface called?
When rocks break, they move along the surface in a process known as faulting. This movement can occur due to tectonic forces, causing the rocks to break and move along fractures known as faults.
What are called Where rocks on opposite sides of a fault move in opposite directions or in the same direction at different rates?
These types of rocks are known as "fault rocks" or "fault gouge." The movement of rocks on opposite sides of a fault can create various structures such as slickensides, cataclasite, or mylonite, depending on the amount of movement and deformation that has occurred.
What type of fault may form when rocks are pulled apart?
A normal fault may form when rocks are pulled apart. In a normal fault, the hanging wall drops down relative to the footwall due to tensional forces pulling the rocks apart.
Why is a fault younger than the rocks in which it is found?
Faults are the result of "brittle deformation". This means that they occur in rocks which are not molten. A rock has to be solid before it can be faulted, and hence the rock must have formed before the fault could form within it.
What fault is made when compression pushes rocks together?
When compression pushes rocks together, faults form when the stress exceeds the strength of the rocks, causing them to break and push against each other. These fault zones can be areas of high seismic activity as the rocks continue to be pushed and undergo deformation.
What fault can be useful in determining which of the following for a group of rocks?
the answer is procces of breaking down rock into smaller and smaller sediments
What fossils are useful in determining the relative age of rocks?
Index fossils
Would fossils of species that did not change noticeably over time be useful in determining the relative ages of rocks?
In order to be useful in determining the relative ages of rocks, an indicator must provide different indications for rocks of different ages, right? So how could something which doesn't change over time be useful?
How rocks layer useful in determining the age of the earth?
they are useful by showing where the fossil is buried then on that certain layer, it will be studied to know the age.
What is a fault-block mountain?
the group of igneous rocks composed primarily of feldsper and quartz
What rocks above a fault are forced up and over the rocks below the fault?
a reverse fault
What kind of fault are rocks forced up and over the rocks below?
Reverse fault
Measurements of half-life make radioactive isotopes useful for?
They're useful for x-rays or looking at metals,or determining the age of rocks/fossils. (Hope it helped!😁)
What makes a fault different from other kinds of fractures in rocks?
Rocks on either side of a fault move along the surface of the fault.
Type of fault that may form when rocks are compressed?
A reverse fault may form when rocks are compressed.
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.
When rocks break they move along the surface called?
When rocks break, they move along the surface in a process known as faulting. This movement can occur due to tectonic forces, causing the rocks to break and move along fractures known as faults.
