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EOSC - EQ Stresses, Faults, Boundaries

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Hint	Answer
stresses - 1	compression
forces act ...	toward each other
2	tension
forces act ...	away from each other
3	shear/transverse
forces act ...	parallel
	across plane
fault	brittle fracture
block above fault	hanging wall
block below fault	foot wall
types - 1	normal
blocks move ...	away
hanging wall moves ...	down
stress	tension
2	reverse
blocks move ...	toward each other
hanging wall moves ...	up
stress	compression
3	thrust
which is a ...	reverse fault
but specifically ...	low angle
	large displacement
4	strike-slip
blocks move ...	lateral

Hint	Answer
hanging wall moves ...	none
stress	shear
plate margins -1	divergent
plates moving ...	apart
has ...	many volcanoes
	small earthquakes
starts ...	new ocean basin
aka	mid ocean ridge
2	convergent
plates moving ...	together
has ...	subduction
	ocean plates subduct
causes	many volcanoes
	mountain building
	large earthquakes
if no subduction ...	no volcanoes
types	ocean - ocean
	ocean - continental
	continental - continental
3	transform
stress	shear
causes	no volcanoes
	many earthquakes
that are ...	smaller

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