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1 Faults and Folding 9/24

2 I. Stress Rock under stress will either bend or break

3 Breaks if stress is quick with lots of force

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5 Bends if small force over long periods of time

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8 II. Folding Rock layers start out flat, and are folded

9 III. Faults Fault – the crack that forms when rocks break and move past each other

10 Faults can be very large or very small

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15 Large faults can produce mountains or cliffs

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17 Summary and Margin Questions
3 quiz style margin questions Summary: A rock under stress will either ______ or _______ Folding is… A fault is …

18 Normal faults – rock moves apart

19 Reverse faults – rock pushed together

20 Strike-slip faults – rock moves past horizontally


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