Fault, crack, fracture, fissure, joint are all terms that could be applied to this question.
In structural terms, tensile stress in the earth's crust initially creates normal faults. If the tensile stress state persists, larger scale structures such as horst and graben will develop (where graben are down thrown blocks of crust surrounded by normal faults, horsts are the upthrown crustal blocks surrounding the graben).
Ultimately this may result in the formation of a rift valley and or the creation of a divergent tectonic plate boundary.
Normal Faults
This is known as a normal fault.
yes tension pulls the rocks apart which produces expanding faultscompression pushes the rocks together which produces crushing faultsshear slides the rocks past each other which produces slipping faults
Rocks being pulled apart are under tension. This is found at divergent plate boundaries. It is a tension fault.
Tensional stress.
Normal Fault
This is known as a normal fault.
tension
yes tension pulls the rocks apart which produces expanding faultscompression pushes the rocks together which produces crushing faultsshear slides the rocks past each other which produces slipping faults
tension
tension
When there is a divergent boundary, regardless if the plates are ocean-ocean or continental-continental, tensional stress pulls on the crust. Rocks have weaker tensional strength than compressive strength, so they are easier to pull apart.
Rocks being pulled apart are under tension. This is found at divergent plate boundaries. It is a tension fault.
Tensional stress.
Normal Fault
The type of stress that causes rocks to pull apart is a tension stress. It is the major type of stress found in divergent plate boundaries.
Stress that acts to pull materials (including rocks of the crust) apart is known as tensile stress.
The type of stress that causes rocks to pull apart is a tension stress. It is the major type of stress found in divergent plate boundaries.