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fORCES IN THE EARTH

match the vocab to the definition from sec 2-1

AB
stresstension, compression, shearing
tensionpulling force
compressionpushing force
shearingpush in opposite directions
normal faultcaused by tension
hanging wallrock lies above
footwallrock below the fault
Normal faulthanging wall slides down
Reverse faulthanging wall forced up
strike slip faultsides slip past each other
anticlineupward folding rock
synclinedownward folding rock
ridgeanticline
valleysyncline
plateauraised flat land
fault block mountainnormal faults on both sides


Robert Bergquist

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