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Are the Rock layers still continuous after a strike-slip fault?
Not necessarily. Rock layers along a strike-slip fault may be offset if they are dipping.
Tsunami?
When an earthquake occurs where a slab of the ocean floor is displaced vertically along a fault.
How can compression forces make rocks move along a reverse fault?
Trust faults typically have low dip angles. A high-angle thrust fault is called a reverse fault. A reverse fault occurs primarily across lithological units where as a thrust usually occurs within or at a low angle to lithological units.
What fault occurs when tectonic plates pull apart from one another and tensional stress is placed on rock layers?
A fault called a normal fault occurs when tectonic plates pull apart and tensional stress causes the rock layers to break and move along the fault line. In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall due to the extensional forces acting on the rocks.
What is a fault in an immobilized state called?
A fault in an immobilized state is called a "seismic slip." This occurs when there is stress accumulation along a fault that does not result in an earthquake, keeping the fault locked and immobile until it eventually releases as an earthquake.
What are three ways of recognizing fault offset?
Offset in geological features: Fault offset can be recognized by observing differences in the alignment of rock layers, faults, or fractures on either side of the fault line. Topographic expression: Fault offset can also be detected through differences in elevation or alignment of landforms on either side of the fault. Displacement of man-made structures: Buildings, roads, or fences that are offset or displaced along a fault line can also serve as indicators of fault offset.
What happens along a fault beneath Earths surface when an earthquake occurs.?
If the fault is responsible for the earthquake, there will be movement (displacement) along the fault.
Are the Rock layers still continuous after a strike-slip fault?
Not necessarily. Rock layers along a strike-slip fault may be offset if they are dipping.
The slow continuous movement that occurs along some fault zones is referred to as .?
fault creep
What natural phenomenon usually occurs along fault lines?
Earthquake
What is a fracture in rock along which movement occurs?
A fracture in rock along which movement occurs is called a fault. faults are caused by stress in the Earth's crust, and can result in earthquakes when the stored energy is released through movement along the fault plane.
What happens to rock layers along a fault?
Along a fault, rock layers can become displaced, offset, or tilted. This is due to the movement of the Earth's crust along the fault line, resulting in different rock layers being shifted relative to each other.
What happens along fault beneath Earth's surface when an earthquake occurs?
if your on a fault it will shake and shift ground above
An earthquake always occurs where there is a build up of friction along a fault.?
yes
What happens along a fault under the earths surface when an earthquake occurs?
it get weak
What is true about a hanging wall?
It slips downward when movement occurs along a normal faultIt occurs when the fault is at an angle
Is true about a hanging wall?
It slips downward when movement occurs along a normal faultIt occurs when the fault is at an angle
