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What are produced when tension stresses inside Earth pull rocks apart?
When tension stresses inside Earth pull rocks apart, fractures known as faults are formed. These faults can lead to earthquakes as accumulated stress is suddenly released along the fault plane.
Are volcanoes where new faults are formed?
yes
What fault Rock layers are placed under compressional stress?
When rock layers are placed under compressional stress, faults like reverse or thrust faults are commonly formed. In these faults, the rock layers are pushed together and the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall. This results in shortening and thickening of the rock layers.
True or false a mountain formed by blocks of rock uplifted by normal faults are called dome mountains?
False. Dome mountains are formed by the uplifting and folding of rock layers, not by normal faults. Mountains formed by blocks of rock uplifted by normal faults are called fault-block mountains.
What is formed when plates within the earths crust bend and crack Earth's crust?
When plates within the Earth's crust bend and crack, faults are formed. Faults are fractures in the Earth's crust where movement has occurred along the break. These movements can be either vertical or horizontal, causing earthquakes.
Are normal and reverse faults caused by compression?
Reverse failts are caused by compression. Normal faults however are formed by tension.
What are produced when tension stresses inside Earth pull rocks apart?
When tension stresses inside Earth pull rocks apart, fractures known as faults are formed. These faults can lead to earthquakes as accumulated stress is suddenly released along the fault plane.
Which type of fault is the result of shearing?
Strike slip faults are formed as a result of shear stresses. However strictly speaking all faults are in a shear stress state as there is usually movement in differing directions along both sides of the fault however in the other cases, compressive or tensile stresses are the cause of the initial fault formation.
What fault formed as a result of horizontal compression?
A thrust fault is formed as a result of horizontal compression. In a thrust fault, one rock mass is pushed up and over another. These faults are common in mountain-building environments where tectonic forces cause horizontal compression of the Earth's crust.
Many of these faults occurred when the Sierra Nevadas were formed?
Normal faults
What types of faults formed in compressional stress?
reverse fault
Are volcanoes where new faults are formed?
yes
What fault Rock layers are placed under compressional stress?
When rock layers are placed under compressional stress, faults like reverse or thrust faults are commonly formed. In these faults, the rock layers are pushed together and the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall. This results in shortening and thickening of the rock layers.
How were the galty mountains formed?
earthquakes and vocanoes and faults!
How were formed Galty mountains?
earthquakes and vocanoes and faults!
Examples of block mountains?
it means that boy over there
The Himalayas were formed as a result of what?
compression (:compression (:
