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Sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape?
Not sure about the 'sudden' part, but it's called rebound.Really its called Elastic Rebound.....
How does the elastic rebound theory explain the occurrence of earthquakes?
The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to sit original shape is called elastic rebound. Elastic rebound happens when stress on rock along a fault becomes so grat that the rock breaks or fails. This failure causes the rocks on either side of the fault to jerk past one another. During this sudden motion, large amounts of energy are released. This energy travels through rock as seismic waves. These waves cause earthquakes. The strength of an earthquake is related to the amount of energy that is released during elastic rebound.
The springing back of rock after it has been deformed is known as?
ElastiC rebound
What kind of metamorphic rock is formed where rocks have been heated but not deformed?
a rock with metamorphic minerals but no foliation or lineation
What rock could be formed with deformed structure and intergrown crystals?
volcanic lava that cooled on earth;s surface
Sudden return of elastically deformed rock to an undeformed shape?
No
Sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its unformed shape?
an elastic rebound
Sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape?
Not sure about the 'sudden' part, but it's called rebound.Really its called Elastic Rebound.....
When does an elastic rebound happen?
The sudden return of an elastically-deformed rock to its original shape when a load is removed or a stress released. This often occurs in earthquakes, as rocks either side of a slip fault, which have been stressed by friction along the fault plane, overcome static friction and rapidly rebound. Elastic rebound must not be confused with isostatic rebound, which is a much slower process in which mantle material flows under pressure into areas under the crust where large loads such as oceans or ice sheets have been removed, thus forcing the crust to rise where the load has been removed and fall elsewhere. Because of the large scales involved and extremely high viscosity of the mantle material, isostatic rebound very slow. The ground surface in the area of Scandinavia is still rebounding at a measurable rate (about 10mm per year) as a result of the melting of the Weichsel ice sheet ten thousand years ago.
What happens when compression force are exerted on layer rock?
They deform, first elastically then plastically.
elastic rebound?
the tendency for the deformed rock along a fault to spring back after an earthquake
How does the elastic rebound theory explain the occurrence of earthquakes?
The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to sit original shape is called elastic rebound. Elastic rebound happens when stress on rock along a fault becomes so grat that the rock breaks or fails. This failure causes the rocks on either side of the fault to jerk past one another. During this sudden motion, large amounts of energy are released. This energy travels through rock as seismic waves. These waves cause earthquakes. The strength of an earthquake is related to the amount of energy that is released during elastic rebound.
The springing back of rock after it has been deformed is known as?
ElastiC rebound
What causes deformed structure and ingrown crystals in a rock?
Heat & Pressure that changed a pre-existing rock
What kind of metamorphic rock is formed where rocks have been heated but not deformed?
a rock with metamorphic minerals but no foliation or lineation
What is flat expansive regions on a continent composed of deformed crystalline rock?
shields
The snapping back of deformed rock to its previous shape is called .?
Elastic rebound
