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Which forms as a result of compressional stress?
A) anticline and syncline
B) normal fault
C) strike-slip fault
D) fault-block mountain
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A) anticline and syncline
Compressional stress squeezes and shortens rock layers, producing folds (anticlines and synclines) and reverse/thrust faults. Normal faults come from tension and strike-slip faults from shear.
Compressional stress squeezes and shortens rock layers, producing folds (anticlines and synclines) and reverse/thrust faults. Normal faults come from tension and strike-slip faults from shear.
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