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Fault Lines usually form when too much presseris put onto it. They form on
Earths surface The shift in tectonic plates causes the faults to form.
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What form faults?
a buddy
Which layer of the earth can have faults form?
the crust
Why are earthquakes always near faults?
Most earthquakes occur near faults because the interaction of tectonic plates (moving against or away from each other) causes a buildup of stress, which is eventually released in the form of an earthquake. Earthquakes don't necessarily occur along faults though. Volcanic activity and isostatic imbalance (local imbalance from rapid geologic change - for example, ice melting) are two other causes of earthquakes.
What causes faults in Earths crust?
The constant plate movement
Faults can form in which layer of the earth?
Faults are formed at the outer solid layers of the Earth. They are developed within the earths crust or Lithosphere.
What group of minerals form along faults?
vein minerals form between faults.
What causes natural faults?
Tectonic plates
When faults shift what occurs?
That causes earthquakes
What form faults?
a buddy
What are the three types of plate motion and the faults that are characteristic of each motion?
convergent plates produce thrust faults divergent plates form normal faults transform plates form strike/slip faults
What causes reverse faults?
the answer is that compression is the kind of stress.
How do divergent faults form?
me no know
When faults form which layer of the Earth do they form in?
Faults form in the lithosphere. This is composed of the crust and the solid rocky portion of the upper mantle. Both these parts of the crust are brittle. This means that they lose cohesion when they fail forming fractures or faults.
What causes underwater earthquakes and or vocanoes?
faults and plates disturbances
What are the movements produced by the three types of faults?
-Normal Faults form when the hanging wall moves down. -Reverse Faults form when the hanging wall moves up. -Strike-Slip Faults have walls that moce sideways, instead of up or down.
Which layer of the earth can have faults form?
the crust
Does all motion along large faults occur in the form of destructive earthquakes?
No, all motion along the faults can also occur in the form of a tsunami
