The document discusses how stress deforms and shapes the Earth's crust through folding, faulting, and other tectonic processes. It describes the three main types of folds and faults, and how convergent, divergent, and strike-slip boundaries each produce different styles of deformation. Various mountain-building processes are also summarized, including folded mountains, fault-block mountains, and volcanic mountains formed at plate boundaries.
18. What are the pieces of broken rock on each side of the fault called? Fault blocks. Two types: Footwall Hanging wall
19. Footwall The block of rock beneath the fault You can climb up the footwall
20. Hanging Wall The block of wall above the fault. You could stand underneath a hanging wall.
21. Normal Faults How do the fault blocks move in a Normal Fault? The hanging wall slides down the foot wall What kind of stress makes a Normal Fault? Tension What kind of boundary are you likely to find a Normal Fault at? Divergent Boundary
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23. Reverse Faults How do the fault blocks move in a Reverse Fault? The hanging wall slides up the footwall What kind of stress makes a Reverse Fault? Compression What kind of boundary are you likely to find a Reverse Fault at? Convergent
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25. Telling the Difference Between Faults How can you tell the difference between a normal fault and a reverse fault? If you look at the rock layers, you can tell how the hanging wall and footwall have moved.
26. Strike Slip Faults How do the fault blocks move in a strike slip fault? The blocks grind and slide past each other horizontally Example of a strike slip fault San Andreas Fault
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29. Plate Tectonics and Mountain Building What kinds of mountains are built by Plate Tectonics? Folded mountains Fault-block mountains Volcanic mountains
30. Folded Mountains How are these mountains formed? Plates colliding at a… Convergent boundary Examples: Appalachian, Alps, Himalayas.
31. Fault-Block Mountains How are these mountains formed? Tension pulling huge blocks of rocks apart. Gravity causes the hanging wall to slide down the footwall Normal faulting
33. Volcanic Mountains How are these mountains formed? When plates collide and one is… Subducted The melted crust rises to form volcanic mountains
34. Volcanic Mountains Where are most volcanic mountains formed? At plate boundaries such as…. Subduction zones
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36. What is the Ring of Fire ? It is the plate boundaries that are found around the Pacific Ocean
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39. Uplift and Subsidence What type of motion occurs in the crust in uplift and subsidence? Vertical movement Uplift? Upward movement of blocks of rock May or may not be deformed by stress Subsidence? Downward movement of blocks of rock Usually are not deformed by stress.
40. Uplifting of Depressed Rocks Rocks that have been pushed down by the weight of glaciers will rise upwards after the glacier has melted away. This is called… Rebound Does deformation occur? No.
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42. Subsidence of Cooler Rocks As rocks cool, they take up less… Space or volume What does this mean for the height of mountains? They shrink!
43. Subsidence of Cooler Rocks Where does this occur? Mid ocean ridges. As the rocks get further from the MOR, the rocks cool and become more dense causing the ridges to become lower.
44. Tectonic Letdown What happens to the crust when you stretch it? It will sink lower This creates a… Rift zone
45. Tectonic Letdown What kind of boundary does this occur at? A divergent boundary What kind of fault occurs here? Normal faults.