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Which three are formed due to compression?
syncline, normal fault, and strike-slip fault
anticline, syncline, and reverse fault
normal fault, anticline, and strike-slip fault
reverse fault, strike-slip fault, and syncline
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Anticline, syncline, and reverse fault.
Compression shortens the crust, producing folds (anticlines = upfolds, synclines = downfolds) and reverse (thrust) faults where the hanging wall moves up. Normal faults form under tension and strike-slip faults form under shear.
Compression shortens the crust, producing folds (anticlines = upfolds, synclines = downfolds) and reverse (thrust) faults where the hanging wall moves up. Normal faults form under tension and strike-slip faults form under shear.
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