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Are faults caused by stress?
Yes, a strike-slip fault is caused by shearing.
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What fault is associated with shear stress?
Strike slip faults and transform faults are associated with shear stress.
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What kind of stress does a normal fault have?
The tectonic stress regime in normal faulting is tensile. This is different to the sense of motion which is usually (sub)vertical. On the fault plane itself, as it is at an angle, there will be shear...
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What stress causes normal fault?
Tension.NOT Tension - you can not actually have tension in the earth other than where there is an overhang! - forces are always compressive, it just depends which force is greater. Normal faults...
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Does stress causes normal faults?
Yes the stress that causes normal faults is tension (plates pulling apart) ---------------------------------------------------- NO, the plates are NOT pulled apart, they are FORCED apart, there is NO...
