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Which type of fault occurs when rocks are pushed together as they meet?
These will form reverse or thrust faults.
What type of rock always forms directly from another rock?
Metamorphic. By contrast, igneous rocks form from lava or magma, and sedimentary rock form from sediment. Those things are formed from previous rocks, but constitute intermediate stages: igneous and sedimentary rocks are formed indirectly from previous rocks.
What rocks originate from the surface of the earth?
Sedimentary rocks form on the Earth's crust, and can form metamorphic rocks when buried. Igneous rocks form under the surface, or when liquid magma reaches the surface as lava.
What rock Can only form underground?
What type of rock is formed from magma that hardens underground?
Why does a fault move because it is under tension?
A fault moves under tension because the tectonic forces acting on the Earth's crust create stress that exceeds the frictional resistance along the fault plane. When the stress accumulates to a critical point, it causes the rocks to fracture and slip, releasing energy in the form of an earthquake. This movement is driven by the desire of the Earth's materials to return to a state of equilibrium after being deformed by the applied tension.
When rocks are compressed a fault may form?
A reverse fault, my friend.
What type of fault may form when rocks are pulled apart?
A normal fault may form when rocks are pulled apart. In a normal fault, the hanging wall drops down relative to the footwall due to tensional forces pulling the rocks apart.
What is a type of fault that may form when rocks are pulled apart?
a divergent boundry
Which type of fault occurs when rocks are pushed together as they meet?
These will form reverse or thrust faults.
Can rocks change from any other type of rock?
Yes, rocks can change from any type.Igneous rocks can be compressed and change into a Metamorphic.Sedimentary and Metamorphic can be heated and compressed together to form any kind of Metamorphic.Sedimentary rocks can be formed from chips of an Igneous rock.And so forth. . .
Type of fault that may form when rocks are pulled apart due to tension?
Rocks being pulled apart are under tension. This is found at divergent plate boundaries. It is a tension fault.
What type of rock is most likely to form at a transform boundary?
Rocks that form at transform boundaries are typically fault rocks, such as fault breccia and mylonite. These rocks are characterized by intense deformation due to the shearing forces present at transform boundaries.
When rock fragments get compressed and hardened to form layers of rocks they are known as?
metamorphic rocks
What are rocks formed from?
Organic rocks form from dead organisms that pile up and is compressed into a rock.
What are organic rocks formed from?
Organic rocks form from dead organisms that pile up and is compressed into a rock.
What rocks form from dead plants and animals that have been compressed?
Rocks that form from dead plants and animals that have been compressed are called sedimentary rocks. Examples include coal, which forms from compressed plant matter, and limestone, which can contain compressed remains of marine organisms. This process of transformation over time is known as diagenesis.
What type of force causes a normal fault to form?
Tensional stress from divergent plate boundaries causes a normal fault to form. This stress pulls rocks apart along a fault line, causing the hanging wall to drop relative to the footwall.
