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The stress that causes strike-slip faults is produced by a shearing force and so is called shear stress.
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∙ 13y agoShear stress creates and occurs at strike-slip faults.
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∙ 12y agoGravity (the condition where the maximum principle stress is vertical).
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∙ 13y agoA transform boundary.
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∙ 13y agoShear stress.
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Is it true that Mountains formed by blocks of rock uplifted by normal faults are called dome mountains?
No, only reverse faults can cause a mountain.
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.
Which type of fault is likely to form in an area where rock layer have been folded?
Folding is usually the result of compressional stress. This may also cause thrust / reverse faults.
What are fault lines that are associated with earthquakes?
Other factors that can cause faults to slip and produce quakes include: relatively sudden build-ups of weight at the surface (e.g. flooding of large reservoirs) which activate previously dormant faults; and the movement of molten rock in volcanically active areas - here the magma forces its way through weak points in the rock and can cause local tremors. == ==
What do faults tell geologists about the relative ages of rock?
A fault must be younger than the rock it cuts through.
Is it true that Mountains formed by blocks of rock uplifted by normal faults are called dome mountains?
No, only reverse faults can cause a mountain.
When the rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the rock below the fault surface what kind of faults form?
This is described as a normal fault.
What is the main direction of stress on blocks of rock at normql faults reverse faults and strike-slip faults?
The main direction of the stress on blocks of rock at normal faults, reverse faults and the strike slip faults usually happens at the weak areas.
Differences between a fault and a fold?
Folds are the when the rock layers bend. Faults are breaks in the rock layers. Folds are called anticlines and synclines. Faults are called reverse faults, normal faults, or strike-slip faults.
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.
How are earth's 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.
What is the place where rock breaks?
Faults
When two normal faults cause valleys to drop down on either side of a block of rock what type of landform results?
mountains
What are the 3 different types of rock movement in earthquakes?
Normal faults, reverse faults, and last but not least transform faults.
Which type of fault is likely to form in an area where rock layer have been folded?
Folding is usually the result of compressional stress. This may also cause thrust / reverse faults.
Does constructing buildings or dams cause earthquakes?
No. The influence of buildings and damns in this aspect is quite small. Earthquakes are the result of rock moving along faults.
