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Describe how the presence of faults and folds supports the idea that lithospheric plates are in motion?
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∙ 9y ago
Faults and folds just support the idea that there lithospheric plates are in motion because folds appear when the plates move towards each other. The faults appear when the plates drift apart and cause an empty space.
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Differences between a fault and a fold?
Folds are the when the rock layers bend. Faults are breaks in the rock layers. Folds are called anticlines and synclines. Faults are called reverse faults, normal faults, or strike-slip faults.
How many faults does the US have?
OK!over 99 active faults!
What feature allows magma to move through the crust?
id say faults the answer is faults
What group of minerals form along faults?
vein minerals form between faults.
Are faults caused by tension?
faults are caused by the plates under neath earth crashing together and/or parting
What most effectively outlines the edges of the lithospheric plates?
Lithospheric plates are outlined by faults.
What causes lithospheric plates to build up pressure and finally give along transfrom faults?
convection
How would you describe jtuzo Wilson's theory?
Before 1965, geologists were unable to explain the abrupt disappearance of transcurrent faults in crustal rocks. Wilson explained the phenomenon with his suggestion that the vanishing faults could be explained by the presence of zones of contraction and expansion in the crustal bedrock. He named these "disappearing" faults transform faults.
What causes lithospheric plates to build up pressure and finally give along transform faults?
Convection from the inner layers of the earth
What is the difintions of Rift Valley?
Rift Valley:A valley that has developed along a rift, especially one bounded by normal faults in an area of lithospheric thinning.
Where rift valleys form?
A rift valley forms when the lithospheric stretches, tension stress occurs, causing rock to pull apart, break, and form normal faults.
Describe the three types of plate motion and the faults that are characteristic of each type of motion?
Describe the three types of plate motion and the faults that are characteristic of each type of motion.
What does the presence of earthquakes tell about the land?
It is indicative of the presence of fault lines (cracks in the mantle), or faults (separations between tectonic plates).
An earthquake is related to a crack in the crust called a?
fault
What could be the reason for the presence or absence of metallic deposits in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
What could be reason for the presence or absence of metallic in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
What could be the reason for the presence or metallic deposits in your area?
You can download the detailed map of trenches,faults and Volcanoes in the Philippines.
