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Rock fault lines move in opposite directions tectonics? Rocks on eather side of what move in diferint directions? At these places rocks are pushed from different directions? What do you call the point where rocks move along the fault?
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Tension pulls rocks apart and creates this. 5. At these places, rocks are pushed from opposite directions. 6. At these places, plates and the rocks that ...
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www.mccsc.edu/~waronis/Chapter%209/ESch9sgrip236-240.pd...
www.mccsc.edu/~waronis/Chapter%209/ESch9sgrip236-240.pdf
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As new seafloor forms, the earth's tectonic plates move apart in opposite directions at these spreading centers. some blocks of rocks are pushed up and some drop down; ... The scientists expected this because both settings are places where tectonic plates are being stretched apart - on the continent it just happens more slowly,
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earthguide.ucsd.edu/mar/intro2.html
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The purpose of these studies was to understand the topography of the sea floor to find hiding places for both Allied and enemy submarines. ... As new oceanic lithosphere is created, it is pushed aside in opposite directions. Thus, the age of the ... are broad elongated belts of deformed rocks that are draped around the cratons.
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www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol111/pltect.htm
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Plate boundaries in different localities are subject to different inter-plate stresses, producing these three types of earthquakes. Each type has its own special hazards.
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www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate-tecton...
www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate-tectonics.html
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A reverse fault is caused when the rocks are pushed together. ... A strike-slip fault occurs when the walls move in opposite directions or slide past each other. A strike-slip fault may also be called a lateral fault. ... But, when rocks move along faults, they release waves of energy. We call these waves earthquakes.
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www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/F_Earth_...
www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/F_Earth_Has_Faults.html
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boundaries, rocks are pushed from opposite directions. ... J. Many of these faults occurred when the Sierra Nevadas were formed. K. The Himalaya Mountains contain many of ... Identify the three kinds of places where volcanoes can form. ...
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www.baraboo.k12.wi.us/cms_files/resources/Earthquakes%2...
www.baraboo.k12.wi.us/cms_files/resources/Earthquakes%20and%20Volcanoes%20Question%2008%20No%20readings.doc
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As crustal rocks are compressed, they are pushed both higher up and deeper down. ... Shearing pushes rocks of the crust in two opposite directions. This causes the rocks to twist or tear apart. During shearing, then, rocks are not compressed or ... These rocks on the coast of New Zealand have been deformed by stress...
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www.cgrove417.org/fry/Science/Earth's%20Interior%20and%...
www.cgrove417.org/fry/Science/Earth's%20Interior%20and%20Crust/Changingcrust.html
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Sometimes a continent is torn in pieces by forces moving in opposite directions beneath it. ... These pieces of lithosphere lie under southern England, Germany, France, and Greece, among other places. ... Following the path of least resistance, these rocks were shaped by powerful forces into complex folds called nappes,
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