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Land form Pattern and Processes
... Normal fault: a fault in which rocks have moved down the slope of the fault Rift valley: A valley bounded by two roughly parallel faults formed when the rocks ...
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Earthquake
... like valleys called grabens similar to the Rhine Valley on the ... produce any cliffs but they can produce rift valleys ... deform the rocks on both sides of the fault. ...
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Earth Sci
... Thrust fault - a reverse fault at which the dip of the fault is small, so that the overlaying block is pushed mainly horizontally. S Rift Valley - A depression ...
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The Living Machine
... Ocean floor spreading is when lava erupts from the rift valley that runs the length of the ... Boundaries formed by a lateral fault are the strike-slip boundaries. ...
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Earthquakes 2
... Continental rift valleys and vast plateaus of basalt are ... high-angle normal fault, or simply a normal fault. The Owens Valley and the Sierra Nevada fault zones ...
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MidContinent Earthquakes and Their Effect on Concrete Structures
... Madrid Seismic Zone which is in the Mississippi River Valley. ... This structure known as the Reelfoot Rift is the ... occurred along a strike slip fault where there ...
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Mid-Continent Earthquakes
... Madrid Seismic Zone which is in the Mississippi River Valley. ... This structure known as the Reelfoot Rift is the ... occurred along a strike slip fault where there ...
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PLate Tetonics
... that new ocean floor is formed at the rift of mid ... A trench is a steep-walled valley on the sea floor ... The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a ...
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