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Tension
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NOT Tension - you can not actually have tension in the earth other than where there is an overhang! - forces are always compressive, it just depends which force is greater. Normal faults occur when the maximum principal stress is vertical - when GRAVITY is the dominant force.
I'm afraid the first answer is right.
It occurs in continental-plate thinning, stretching and eventual division, as is happening in NE Africa. Although gravity will certainly play a part the displacement that just have a horizontal component.
Gravity alone will not produce a fault unless the rock on one or both sides the fault-plane can move away from the other. There is a fault-form in which the vertical displacement predominates, dropping a block between two faults to produce a graben (such as parts of the North Sea), but it still needs tension resulting in a certain amount of horizontal movement.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 10y agoI belive its is Tension
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What type of stress caused the fault shown in the image?
normal fault
Which type of fault is under compression?
Reverse and thrust faults are both under compressive stress.
What is the type of stress for a reverse fault?
In a reverse fault the maximum principal stress is horizontal, compression causes reverse (thrust) faults.
What happens at a normal fault?
A fault that forms at a divergent boundary
What type of fault is created by shear stress?
Shear stress causes Transform faults, in strike-slip zones of conservative boundaries.
What type of stress causes stretching of the land?
tension (Dip-Slip Normal fault)
What motion causes normal fault?
a pulling motion causes a normal fault
What stress causes a fault?
In a reverse fault the maximum principal stress is horizontal, compression causes reverse (thrust) faults.
What kind of stress does normal fault form?
Normal fault forms tension stress. It is a stress state wherein a body of material is being stretched or expanded.
What type of stress caused the fault shown in the image?
normal fault
What motion causes a normal fault?
reverse .yu welcome
What type of fault causes mountains?
normal fault
What kind of stress causes fault block mountains?
The kind of stress that causes fault block mountains is Tension
What stress causes a slip-strike fault?
The stress that causes strike-slip faults is produced by a shearing force and so is called shear stress.
What is falting rock?
Faulting is caused by stress in the rock layers, the stress can break and crack the rock causing a fault. There are two types of faults a normal fault and a reverse fault.
What stress is a normal fault?
They have the same type of force on each fault and the tension is released Whenever the vertical stress (which mostly is because of gravity) is more than horizontal stresses, normal faults can be created or activated.
Which type of fault is under compression?
Reverse and thrust faults are both under compressive stress.
