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Faults and Folding 9/24
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I. Stress Rock under stress will either bend or break
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Breaks if stress is quick with lots of force
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Bends if small force over long periods of time
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II. Folding Rock layers start out flat, and are folded
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III. Faults Fault – the crack that forms when rocks break and move past each other
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Faults can be very large or very small
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Large faults can produce mountains or cliffs
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Summary and Margin Questions
3 quiz style margin questions Summary: A rock under stress will either ______ or _______ Folding is… A fault is …
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Normal faults – rock moves apart
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Reverse faults – rock pushed together
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Strike-slip faults – rock moves past horizontally
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