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Earthquakes. By: Tanner Thomas and Yatzeni Cruz. Stress. Stress- is force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume. Stress is the changing of rocks shape after an earthquake Topex.ucsd.edu/…/StressSSAFcapture.jpg. Tension. Tension- is when they pull apart in different directions.
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Earthquakes By: Tanner Thomas and Yatzeni Cruz
Stress • Stress- is force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume. • Stress is the changing of rocks shape after an earthquake • Topex.ucsd.edu/…/StressSSAFcapture.jpg
Tension • Tension- is when they pull apart in different directions. • Tension is the crack of and earthquake. • www.bbc.co.uk/.../images/g_lwpt_e_1.gif
Compression • Compression- pushes rocks together. • Compression is how mountains form. • www.smate.wwwu.edu/.../eq-genral-11.JPG
Shearing • Shearing- mass of rock in opposite directions. • Shearing is when the crust pulls apart in different directions • Pubs.usgs.gov/of/1998/ofr-98-0767/shear.gif
Normal Fault • Normal Fault- is crust that pulls apart. • Normal Fault is land is not together after an earthquake. • Blue.utb.edu/../Lectures.zfaults_InageS@K>JPG
Footwall • Footwall- rock that lies below. • Footwall is a lower part of a plateau. • www.geus.dk/.../bull/nr8/nr8_p0600-089009.jpg
Hanging Wall • Hanging Wall- a block of rock that lies above. • Hanging Wall is a hill that is very steep. • www.geosic.unc.edu/.../ShoshoneFault.jpg
Reverse Fault & Anticline • Reverse Fault- is the same structure as a normal fault. • Anticline- a fold in rock that bends upward into an arch. • www.onep.go.th/tsunami/Tsunami_Eng/pic/ex3/gif
Strike-Slip Fault • Strike-Slip Fault- the rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other side-ways. • Strike-Slip fault is valley looking thing. • Static.howstuffworks.com/gif/earthquake-18.jpg
Syncline & Plateau • Syncline- fold of rock that bends downward. • Plateau- a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level. • www.aeic.alaska.edu/quakes.middleton64.jpg
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