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Which forms as a result of compressional stress?
anticline and syncline
normal fault
strike-slip fault
fault-block mountain
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Anticline and syncline.
Compressional stress shortens and thickens the crust, producing folds (anticlines and synclines) and reverse/thrust faults. Normal faults and fault‑block mountains form from tensional (extensional) stress, and strike‑slip faults form from shear stress.
Compressional stress shortens and thickens the crust, producing folds (anticlines and synclines) and reverse/thrust faults. Normal faults and fault‑block mountains form from tensional (extensional) stress, and strike‑slip faults form from shear stress.
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