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The surface below the crust (the earth's outermost layer of soil) is hot and sizzling (lol) so the tendency is, the rocks get too hot and of course, they melt. So with that being said, the rocks get soft and they fold instead of break. :)
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What mountain has rock layers that are folded?
a fold mountain
Layers of rock that bend can produce a downward fold know as a?
Syncline.
What are rock layers that bend and buckle called?
It is called the vibration of the equater going up and smashing into eachother its called - equalation! UR WELCOME
A fold in which the oldest rock layers are in the center of the fold is?
If rocks are folded, the folding is younger that the youngest rock affected. If they are folded into a syncline (a U-shaped fold) the youngest rocks are in the core of he fold. The opposite is true for an anticline (a big dome-shaped fold).
What are layers of rock that bend can produce a downward fold know as?
A Syncline is where lays of rock bend downwards and then curve up. An Anticline is the opposite: layers of rock bend upwards and then down.
What Causes Rock Layers To Fold?
what causes a rock to break into many layers. DOES WATER
What do rock layers that break but do not move form?
A Fold (anticline or syncline) - but it is not a fault. A geological Fault is a break in the rock, with the rock on one side moved relative to that on the other..
What does folding do to layers of rock?
what causes a rock to break into many layers. DOES WATER
What is it called when rock layers bend and buckle?
Fold
What is a downward fold of rock layers?
my but
What is a bend in layers in rock?
A fold
What fold is the fold in which the youngest rock layers are in the center?
Such a fold is called a syncline.
What does compression do to rock layers?
fold mountains form
What is a fold in which the youngest rock layers are in the center of the fold called?
Synclines
What is the name of a fold in which the youngest rock layers are in center?
Such a fold is called a syncline.
What mountain has rock layers that are folded?
a fold mountain
What is the force that causes rock layers to crumple and fold?
Compressive stress causes the "crumpling" and folding of rock layers.
