MOVEMENT OF THE EARTH’S CRUST. Earth’s crust can be deformed through: FaultingFoldingUplifting.
Deforming the Earth’s Crust: Faulting Pg. 129 What is a FAULT? When rock layers BREAK when stress is applied One block of rock slides relative to another.
Mountain Building…11 Earthquakes…12 Volcanoes…13.
PAGES 292 TO 303 MR. ALTORFER SCIENCE EARTHQUAKES.
Mrs. Bartley’s Earthquakes. Objectives Explain how earthquakes result from the buildup of stress in Earth’s crust Contrast normal, reverse, and.
EARTHQUAKES. DEFINITION Vibrations in the ground caused by a release of energy along faults, (breaks), in the Earth’s lithosphere as a result of plate.
1. Where is the triple junction? A B C D. All of the above E. None of the above.
FELSIC ROCKS: texture Intrusive Extrusive Muy extrusive GraniteRhyoliteObsidian.
Glencoe Chapter 9 ©2005 LikeScience.com. Faults Rocks break and move along surfaces called faults.
Earthquakes Chapter 19. Focus vs. Epicenter _________– where the rock breaks and seismic waves begin; can be at deep or shallow depths _________ – point.
Comparison of Recorded and Simulated Ground Motions Presented by: Emel Seyhan, PhD Student University of California, Los Angeles Collaborators: Lisa M.
Chapter 15.4 Deforming the Earth’s Crust stress a force that acts on rock deforming it’s shape or volume.