Folding and Faulting Activity (Leaving Cert Geography): Flashcards

Rocks fracture due to compression, tension or shearing forces, causing rock displacement

Pushes rocks together, causing upward movement

Pulls rocks apart, causing downward movement

Moves rock sections laterally in opposite directions

Cliff face formed by vertical rock displacement

Amount of vertical displacement of rock

Amount of horizontal displacement

Section of crust above the fault line

Section of rock beneath the fault line

Tension forces; one side sinks downwards

Compression; rock slips upwards creating escarpment

Horizontal/lateral, not vertical

Two parallel reverse faults push central section upwards