Folding and Faulting; History of the Earth

Folding and Faulting

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History of the Earth

​What type of stress occurs at divergent boundaries where plates pull apart?

​Types of Stress

• ​Compressional Stress

• ​Tension Stress

• ​Shear Stress

• ​Confining Stress

How does folding affect Earth's surface?​

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Ty​pes of Fold

• ​Monocline

• ​Anticline

• ​Syncline

• ​Recumbent

Why is it dangerous to live along a fault line?​

​Types of Faulting

• Normal Fault

• Reverse Fault

• Strike-Slip Fault

• Oblique Fault​

​How are relative dating and absolute dating different?

​Relative Dating and Absolute Dating

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​How relative and absolute dating were used to determine the subdivisions of geologic time?