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How does a geologist tell if a mountain chain was formed by the faulting of large blocks?
numerous folds and faults would appear in the bedrock
What word describes the solution formed when an acid or an alkali is cancelled out?
Salt
Fault block mountains are made of?
Fault-block landforms (mountains, hills, ridges, etc.) are formed when large areas of bedrock are widely broken up by faults creating large vertical displacements of continental crust.These mountains are formed by the Earth's crust being stretched and extended by tensional forces. Fault block mountains commonly accompany rifting, another indicator of tensional tectonic forces.
What is the relationship between the visible and non visible aprt of the crust?
Well, as the name implies, visible areas of the crust are areas that you can see. These are areas that are either very new, resulting from recent vulcanism; or areas which have been exposed by weathering and erosion. Non-visible parts of the crust are just that - not visible to the eye. This is either because they have formed recently, but many miles underground; or they are just too old to have been efficiently exposed by weathering and erosion.
Where does clay mostly come from?
clay is formed by weathering( hydrolysis,decomposition and hydration) of igneous rock which has feldspar as its major component.
