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Katyanochek1 [597]
3 years ago
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What is it when Rock layers are placed under tensional stress

Geography
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Wewaii [24]3 years ago
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When tectonic plates pull apart from one another, tensional stress is placed on rock layers and a strike-fault occurs. You can tell normal and reverse faults apart because at a normal fault the hanging wall has relative to the footwall. A fold is a in rock, and a fault is a in rock.
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