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| the tectonic process that takes place along mid ocean ridges |
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| the breaking and sliding surface between blocks of crust |
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| the place where two tectonic plates push into one another |
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| the solid dense center of the earth |
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| occurs when the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall |
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| a theory that says the lithosphere is divided into plates that move around on top of the asthenosphere |
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| term that is best describing the bending of rock layers due to stress |
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| the layer of the earth that is made mostly of iron |
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| the place where two tectonic plates move away from one another |
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| the type of stress that occurs when two of item 23? |
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| the layer of the earth made up of items 21 and 17 |
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| a region where oceanic plates sink down into the asthenosphere |
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| the liquid layer of the earth beneath item 17? |
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| occurs when the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall |
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| the layer of the earth that has the most mass |
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| occurs when the opposing forcescauses rocks to break and move horizontally |
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| the theory that continents move apart from each other |
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| type of stress in a stretched rubber band |
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| the layer of the earth on which we live |
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| the place where two tectonic plates slide past each other moving horizontally |
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| pieces of the rock sphere |
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| the amount of force per unit area put on a given material |
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| what fault causes earthquakes in alabama? |
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| movement along fault zones |
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| what are the earthquakes most 2 defined things? |
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| the process by which the shape of a rock changes because of stress |
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| are rock layers that are folded so that both ends of the fold are horizontal |
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| an upward arching fold formed when there is horizontal stress on rock layers |
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| forms when magama erupts from a divergent boundary and hardens |
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