Social Sciences, asked by jaiswalsagar062, 3 months ago

crumpling of rock strata due to compression

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Compression squeezes rocks together, causing rocks to fold or fracture (break) (figure 1). Compression is the most common stress at convergent plate boundaries. Rocks that are pulled apart are under tension. Rocks under tension lengthen or break apart.

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