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What is a type of opening along which weathering agents attack bedrock?

A type of opening along which weathering agents attack bedrock is a joint. Joints are fractures in the rock that provide pathways for water and other weathering agents to penetrate the bedrock, leading to physical or chemical weathering processes.


How do you tell which fault is older?

To determine which fault is older, geologists often examine the relationship between faults and surrounding rock layers. If one fault cuts through another, the fault that is cut is considered older. Additionally, analyzing the displacement of rock layers and using radiometric dating methods on the rocks can help establish a chronological sequence of events. In some cases, the presence of weathering or erosion on fault lines can also indicate age, with older faults typically showing more significant weathering.


What is the name for tree roots forming out of rocks?

Biological weathering; Its a type of weathering which involves the breaking apart and disintegration of rocks throught the process of tree roots out growth or development by opening of cracks, joints and faults in rocks.


Where are mountains belts form?

Mountains are most often formed on faults. Because these faults occur due to the space between tectonic plates, these faults take the form of lines. Thus, the thin belts are along these long lines.


Are the three types of faults normal faults backward faults and slip faults?

No. Your terminology is close but not quite right. The three main types of faults are normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. Strike-slip faults may also be called transform faults.

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Are there any splinter faults on the Hayward fault?

Yes, but no significant ones.


What is a type of opening along which weathering agents attack bedrock?

A type of opening along which weathering agents attack bedrock is a joint. Joints are fractures in the rock that provide pathways for water and other weathering agents to penetrate the bedrock, leading to physical or chemical weathering processes.


What is the name for tree roots forming out of rocks?

Biological weathering; Its a type of weathering which involves the breaking apart and disintegration of rocks throught the process of tree roots out growth or development by opening of cracks, joints and faults in rocks.


Why do longer faults usually produce larger earthquakes than short faults?

Longer faults have a larger area of rupture, which allows more accumulated stress to be released during an earthquake. Additionally, longer faults tend to involve greater amounts of energy release due to the larger fault surface area, resulting in larger earthquakes.


Which is a significant thematic question raised by The Pardoner's Tale?

"Is it more moral to admit one's faults or deny them?" is a significant thematic question raised by The Pardoner's Tale.


What is the name of the earthquake fault in ca?

There are many faults in California. The two most significant faults are the San Andreas Fault and the Hayward Fault.


Where are mountains belts form?

Mountains are most often formed on faults. Because these faults occur due to the space between tectonic plates, these faults take the form of lines. Thus, the thin belts are along these long lines.


Are the three types of faults normal faults backward faults and slip faults?

No. Your terminology is close but not quite right. The three main types of faults are normal faults, reverse faults, and strike-slip faults. Strike-slip faults may also be called transform faults.


Which is best at weathering rocks?

Most surface rock is weathered by water. Naturally acidic rain and groundwater can react chemically with rock, causing dissolution and oxidation. Freezing water can also act on the rock mechanically, forcing open gaps and faults for further weathering attack by liquid water.


Faults are thin where love is thick?

No, With love comes desire, with desire comes want, with want comes disappointment, disappointment leads to fault and fault is the gateway to the darkside.


Why are thrust fault reverse faults and folds commonly found in the same place?

Thrust faults and reverse faults are essentially the same, the only difference being the angle: thrust faults have a shallow angle of 45 degrees or less from horizontal. Reverse (thrust) faults and folds usually indicate rock being compressed. In many cases folds develop along reverse faults as one fault block is dragged along another, with an anticline forming in the hanging wall.


What kind fault lines are there?

There are 6 types of fault lines. Strike-slip faults, dip-slip faults, oblique- slip faults, listric faults, ring faults, and synthetic and antithetic faults.