www.ck12.org Chapter 1. Stress in Earth’s Crust C HAPTER 1 Stress in Earth’s Crust Lesson Objectives • List the different types of stresses that cause different types of deformation. • Compare the different types of folds and the conditions under which they form. • Compare fractures and faults and define how they are related to earthquakes. • Compare how mountains form and at what types of plate boundaries they form. Vocabulary • anticline • basin • compression • confining stress • deformation • dip • dip-slip fault • dome • elastic deformation • fault • fold • fracture • joint • monocline • normal fault • plastic deformation • reverse fault • shear • slip • strain • stress • strike-slip fault • syncline • tension • thrust fault • uplift Introduction Enormous slabs of lithosphere move unevenly over the planet’s spherical surface, resulting in earthquakes. This chapter deals with two types of geological activity that occur because of plate tectonics: mountain building and earthquakes. First, we will consider what can happen to rocks when they are exposed to stress. 1
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