EVSC 2800 Study Guide - Final Guide: Syncline, Transform Fault, Lithosphere
12 May 2016
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One part of the rock body is pushed in one direction, and the other part of the rock body in the other direction. There are two types of transform fault boundaries. Mid-ocean ridge transform fault: where mid-ocean ridges are offset by transform faults. Continental transform fault: where plates slip horizontally past each other. Essential characteristics of the geological setting of a place are 1. Large-scale forces can deform (tilt, bend, and break) large sections of rock in earth"s crust, which drives the rock cycle. Folding is usually the result of compressive forces. (bending) Faults happen when rocks break rather than fold. Movement along fractures relieves the stress of directed pressure on a section of earth"s crust. (breaking) It is the intersection of the rock layer with a horizontal surface. ~dip~ is the angle of steepest decent of the bed from horizontal. Geologists can piece together the story of the processes that acted on a region of earth"s crust.
