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Aleonysh [2.5K]
3 years ago
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Earth materials at the earth’s surface only feel pressure from above due to the earth’s atmosphere. A rock buried deep under the

earth's surface will feel ____________ pressure, due to the overlying load of rock.
Geography
1 answer:
Nataliya [291]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:

superincumbent load in rock slab

Explanation:

  • This pressure is defined as the geothermal pressure that the rocks excerpt from above the surface of the earth which is caused by the weighting of the overlying rock strata.
  • This identification can be found in geology itself in terms of fluids and natural gases which led to the formation of coal deposits millions of years ago. With great pressure and thrust from the rocks
  • This burning pressure that the rocks feel from above as in the case of earth core and mantle layers. A tectonic plate is subdued to greater depths here and this layer and hence more pressure from the remaining earth mass from above.
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