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Which landform might be created by the action of folding and faulting of the Earth's crust?
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∙ 11y ago
Strike-slip faults Fault rupture of the ground generates vibrations-or waves-in the rock that we feel as the ground is shaking. Faults are weaknesses in the rock and therefore earthquakes tend to occur over and over along the same faults. Most major faults in the United States, particularly in California, are what are known as strike-slip faults. For strike-slip faults, the rupture is nearly vertical and during an earthquake one side slides past the other. The San Andreas fault is a strike-slip fault formed where two parts of the earth's crust (plates) slide past each other.
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When rock layers bend due to stress in the earths crust as in example of two continental plates converging what is the answer folding or rifting?
It is folding. And this folding results in the formation of fold mountains, eg the Himalayan mountain.
Folds in earths crust form mostly?
Well, mountains are formed mostly with folding and sometimes with volcanic eruptions. MOUNT EVERST was formed by the folding of the ocean. Folding is when the earth's crustal plates start to push together to form a mountain.
When was Rare Earths Facility created?
Rare Earths Facility was created in 1931.
How do natural disasters occur?
because the earths plaits are pushed together to create stuff like volcanoes ,giant waves and earthquakes.gale force winds are created by space and
How big planets are from smallest to biggest?
Mercury's mass = 0.055 x Earths, Volume = 0.056 x Earths Mars' mass = 0.1075 x Earths, Volume = 0.151 x Earths Venus' mass = 0.815 x Earths, Volume = 0.857 x Earths (Earth) mass = 1 x Earths, Volume = 1 x Earths Uranus' mass = 14.536 x Earths, Volume = 63.086 x Earths Neptune's mass = 17.147 x Earths, Volume = 57.74 x Earths Saturn's mass = 95.152 x Earths, Volume = 763.59 x Earths Jupiter's mass = 317.8 x Earths, Volume = 1321.3 x Earths
How earthquakes have changed the surface and atmosphere of the earth over millions of years?
EARTHQUAKES have changes the earth in many ways. The folding and faulting of the earth crust have left big cracks in the earths crust. The folding and faulting only happen on the tectonic boundaries. TECTONIC BOUNDARIES: The plates that make up the earths contents.
How can folding and faulting form mountains?
Folding and Faulting usually work together to form mountains. Faulting works by one plate shifting up and one plate submerging. Folding however works by both plates pushing against each other slowly folding over and over. Faulting and Folding and work together to make mountains by as one plate moves down the other up causes the plate going up to roll over or move on top of the other plate then as the bottom plate gets heat from the earths core it rises folding the plate on top again to bring it even higher. Hoped it helped you
What is earths physical features?
it is landform
What causes changes to earths land form?
what causes changes to earths landform
What is most of earths major earthquakes caused by?
Earths Major Earthquakes are caused by faulting of rock in earth's crust.Hope this helps
Shock waves that are felt on the earths surface as the result of faulting in the Earth's crust?
earthquakes :)
What is the landform left at earths surface?
extrusive igneous rock.
A feature of topography formed by the processes that shape earths surface?
Landform.
What is a person called who studies rocks minerals and earths landform?
A geologist
What is the activity of the earths moving plate called?
ok i can help u with this, the moving of the techtonic plates is called faulting or fault :]
Which landform results when one of earths plates slide past one another?
faults
When rock layers bend due to stress in the earths crust as in example of two continental plates converging what is the answer folding or rifting?
It is folding. And this folding results in the formation of fold mountains, eg the Himalayan mountain.
