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A Transform fault where one tectonic plate slides past another tectonic plate results with rocks being pulled apart. Slippage results when the rock of one plate bends the rock of another, causing elastic rebounds and the release of energy as surface waves.
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What is the similarity between a fault and a fault zone?
A fault is where to tectonic plates meet but a fault zone is the area around a fault.
What is the name of the fault line in South America?
The San Andreas Fault is the fault line is South America.
What kind of natural disasters does new zealand have?
The major hazard would be fault lines. New Zealand is situated over at least one major fault line which means earthquakes are frequent in some areas.
What is a bad connection in an electrical circuit called?
"A wiring fault" which - depending on the actual behavior of the bad connection - might also be described as "an intermittent fault", "a high resistance fault", or a combination of all three terms. For example: "An intermittent, high resistance wiring fault".
What is the average height of a fault block mountain?
facts about fault block mountains
What fault causes rocks to become twisted and strained when they snag each other?
A strike slip fault
What fault is it that rocks become twisted and strained when they snag each other?
It strike-slip fault
What motion causes normal fault?
a pulling motion causes a normal fault
What type of fault causes mountains?
normal fault
What sometimes causes earthquakes in the pacific coastal plains?
fault
What causes a fault?
vibrations
What motion causes a normal fault?
reverse .yu welcome
What stress causes a fault?
In a reverse fault the maximum principal stress is horizontal, compression causes reverse (thrust) faults.
What causes compression?
b:normal fault
Who is at fault when a person waives another into an accident?
The person who causes the accident is at fault
What is the place along a fault where the slipping that causes begins the earthquake?
fault line
What does a fault have to do with an earthquake?
The fault is what causes an earthquake by sliding together, making friction.
