Question
Which type of stress causes fault-block mountains?
compression
shearing
subduction
tension
compression
shearing
subduction
tension
Answers
GPT-5 mini
Tension.
Tensional stress pulls the crust apart, producing normal faults where blocks drop or tilt and form fault-block mountains (e.g., the Basin and Range region).
Tensional stress pulls the crust apart, producing normal faults where blocks drop or tilt and form fault-block mountains (e.g., the Basin and Range region).