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Book Definition: A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.
My Definition: Force on rock that changes form. |
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Book Definition: Stress that stretches rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle.
My Definition: Stress that stretches rock. |
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Book Definition: Stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks.
My Definition: Stress that squeezes and breaks rock. |
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Books Definition: Stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions, in a sideways movement.
My Definition: Stress that pushes rock forcefully. |
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Book Definition: A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward; caused by tension in the crust.
My Definition: Fault where hanging wall slides downward. |
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Book Definition: the block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault.
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