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10/14/2010
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stress
 Definition
Book:A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume.
MD:it makes the rock change its form.
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tension
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Book:stress that stretches rock so it becomes thinner in the middle.
MD:its stretches the rock until it becomes to thin.
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compression
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Book:stress that pushes mass
MD:that pushes the mass until it is compressed.
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shearing
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Book:stress that pushes masses of rock in opposite directions in a sideways movement.
MD:stress that moves rocks in different directions
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normal fault
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Book:a type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward caused by tension in the crust
MD:
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hanging wall
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Book:the block of rock that forms the upper half of a fault.
MD:
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footwall
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reverse-fault
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strike-slip-fault
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Anticline
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syncline
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plateau
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earthquake
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Epicenter
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focous
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p-wave
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s-wave
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surface wave
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magnitude
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itenisity
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seismorgraph
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seismogram
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friction
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aftershock
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tsunami
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seismic waves
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