Define faulting and folding.
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Folding: A bend in the rock strata resulting from. compression of an area of the earth's crust. Faulting: Rocks are moved or displaced or linear cracks may appear. (ii) Folding: It results from convergent plate boundaries. Faulting: It results from divergent plate boundaries.
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Faulting:
Fault is defined as to blame or to commit a mistake. ... The definition of a fault is a weakness in the rock strata that can shift and create an earthquake. An example of fault is the San Andreas fault line in California.
Folding:
Folding Is a type of earth movement resulting from the horizontal compression of rock layers by internal forces of the earth along plate boundaries. A upfold are termed as anticlines. The downfolds are termed synclines.
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