folding and faulting
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Folding - when the earth=s crust is pushed up from its sides
- occurs at a very slow rate
- Fold mountains occur where the crust is pushed up as plates collide which causes the crust to rise up in folds.
Examples: Andes, Himalayas, Juras in Switzerland, Appalachians......
Faulting - when tension and compression associated with plate movement is so great that blocks of rock fracture or break apart.
- process can occur very rapidly
- this rapid movement causes the ground to shake and vibrate, resulting in earthquakes.
- occurs at a very slow rate
- Fold mountains occur where the crust is pushed up as plates collide which causes the crust to rise up in folds.
Examples: Andes, Himalayas, Juras in Switzerland, Appalachians......
Faulting - when tension and compression associated with plate movement is so great that blocks of rock fracture or break apart.
- process can occur very rapidly
- this rapid movement causes the ground to shake and vibrate, resulting in earthquakes.
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when tectonic plates converge each other it is called folding
when tectonic plates diverge each other it is called faulting.
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when tectonic plates diverge each other it is called faulting.
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