Asked by jakeevia
The image shows a type of fault.
A diagram showing two plates colliding, with one plate moving below the other.
What stress causes this type of fault to form?
A) compression
B) gravity
C) tension
D) shearing
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A) compression
When plates collide the dominant stress is compressional — it shortens and thickens the crust and forces one block to ride over or under another (reverse/thrust fault or subduction). Tension produces normal faults and shearing produces strike‑slip faults.
When plates collide the dominant stress is compressional — it shortens and thickens the crust and forces one block to ride over or under another (reverse/thrust fault or subduction). Tension produces normal faults and shearing produces strike‑slip faults.
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