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Ilia_Sergeevich [38]
3 years ago
8

In your own words, explain the processes responsible for the formation of a normal fault.

Geography
2 answers:
Vesnalui [34]3 years ago
7 0
The process that is responsible for the formation of a normal fault is 
when horizontal stresses occurs in brittle rocks and the hanging wall blocks moves down relative to the footwall blocks

hope  this helps
Elenna [48]3 years ago
4 0

Answer:

Process responsible for the formation of a normal fault.

Explanation:

  • A normal fault is formed when the steep sidewall suddenly drops downwards about the fault. May be caused by the external forces that pull them apart such as gravity and they can be most commonly seen in the divergent boundaries of the plates.
  • The movement of the plates within the earth takes place and thus their motion results into a force that weakens the rocks and makes the two ends of the steep-sided walls rotate and this pattern creates a push and pulls effect as it does with the slabs of rocks that go into the trench deep inside the earth.
  • Fault formation is an erosional feature of the earth tectonic activities and these get created by the major upliftment of new geomaterial form below like the release of gases.
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