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What is shearing force?

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strike-slip

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What has a shearing force?

Transform


What boundary has a shearing force?

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A what fault has a shearing force?

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What force is present at transform boundry?

shearing


What fault has shearing force?

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What kind of force is involved with transform boundaries?

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What force is present at a transform boundary?

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What forces push on rocks from not different but opposite directions?

Shearing is the force that pushes rocks from different but not opposite directions. Secondary waves, S waves are all names for the shearing.


What force pushes on rocks from different not opposite directions?

Shearing is the force that pushes rocks from different but not opposite directions. Secondary waves, S waves are all names for the shearing.


What is the stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions called?

The stress force that causes a mass of rock to pull or twist in opposite directions is called tension. Shearing is the stress force that causes a mass of rock to pull or twist in opposite directions.


What type of stress force that produces a strike-slip fault is?

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