Differentiate between folding and faulting
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the differences includes -
folds: caused due to horizontal movement..
fault : cause due to vertical movement..
folds: fold mountains are made by the process of folding..
fault : Block mountains are made by the process of faulting..
folds: forces move towards common centre..
fault: forces move away from common centre.
folds: caused due to horizontal movement..
fault : cause due to vertical movement..
folds: fold mountains are made by the process of folding..
fault : Block mountains are made by the process of faulting..
folds: forces move towards common centre..
fault: forces move away from common centre.
sipa:
faults can also be generate by horizontal movement
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Folding is just a layer parallel shortening whereas faulting is the displacement between 2 walls with respect to each other
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