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Why are there so many cracks and ridges along the San Adreas fault?
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∙ 14y ago
the plates all around the world shift and move in different directions. So, when the pacific plate and the North American plate move sometimes it gets stuck and builds up pressure. when the pressure is released it gives out millions of seismic waves like an earthquake were to happen which causes cracks or a tsunami
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What rock forms along cracks or in faults?
This may be a fault breccia or cataclasite which is formed by the fracturing of rocks during fault movement.
What kind of fault is probably most common in the northern San Adreas Fault system?
i dont know do your homework
What are the cracks along flat rocks surfaces called?
Large cracks in rocks are called, fracture or fissure.
Where is the san adreas fault?
The San Andreas Fault is located in the state of California. It is made up of plate tectonics and is what causes earthquakes in the state.
What happens at a normal fault?
A fault that forms at a divergent boundary
Why are their so many ridges and cracks along the San Andreas fault?
because it is
What do you call the deep cracks in the Earth's crust along which the crust shifted?
A Fault??
What rock forms along cracks or in faults?
This may be a fault breccia or cataclasite which is formed by the fracturing of rocks during fault movement.
What type of fault is san adreas fault?
Transforming- The plates rub each other as they push one another.
What kind of fault is probably most common in the northern San Adreas Fault system?
i dont know do your homework
What are the cracks along flat rocks surfaces called?
Large cracks in rocks are called, fracture or fissure.
What type of fault can create a waterfall?
Movement of rocks along large cracks in the Earth's crust.
How do you split the word san adreas fault into syllables?
San - An-dre-as - Fault5 syllables in total.
What cracks in the earth's crust along which movement takes place?
They're called 'fault lines' or 'plate boundaries'.
Where is the san adreas fault?
The San Andreas Fault is located in the state of California. It is made up of plate tectonics and is what causes earthquakes in the state.
What is formed when rocks slide along a cracks?
sounds like, if the rocks are plates, an earthquake... assuming this "crack" is a fault?? does this help?
Are deep cracks in Earth's crust?
fault
