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How does the earth's surface change as a result of movement along faults?
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Earth's surface can include both oceanic and continental crust. Faults are breaks in the crust where there is movement. The movement of the crust at the major plate boundaries may result in creation of new crust, subduction and destruction of existing crust, and raising or lowering of existing crust through thickening or extension. Moving continents and oceanic plates along faults can impact weather patterns which can change deserts into tropical areas and vice versa, create glaciers, and change the course of rivers. Numerous islands, seas, and mountain ranges are also the result of crustal movement.
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What causes faults in Earths crust?
The constant plate movement
What two factors help geologists determine earthquake risk?
Geologists can determine earthquake risk by locating where faults are active and where past earthquakes have occured.
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.
How does a strike slip fault lead to an earthquake?
An earthquake occurs deep in the earths crust caused by the displacement of two faults in the crust. Directly above the fault on the earths surface is called the epicenter. Which shows the aftermath of the strike slip fault that occured in the earths crust. So the strike slip fault is the effect of the displacement of the crust at that point deep in the earths crust which causes an earthquake to happen whenever there is a displacement of two faults.
What is a fault with horizontal movement called?
Horizontal faults can be refered to as lateral faults or strike-slip faults.
What causes faults in Earths crust?
The constant plate movement
What often occurs along faults or breaks in earths crust where movement occurs?
earthquakes
What is the term for the sudden movement of rock along fractures of faults in the earths crust?
The term is 'earthquake'.
What are the types of faults that lead to earthquakes?
it is the movement of plates between the surface of the earth!:0)
How does a normal fault change the surface?
normal faults cause mountains to form
Where do most faults occurs?
Most Faults Occur Where The Earths Crust Is Extended
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.
How are 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.
An earthquake is related to a crack in the crust called a?
fault
What two factors help geologists determine earthquake risk?
Geologists can determine earthquake risk by locating where faults are active and where past earthquakes have occured.
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 is a fault with horizontal movement called?
Horizontal faults can be refered to as lateral faults or strike-slip faults.
