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Lisaclaire

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Transform-fault boundaries usually form
 
  A) between two segments of a mid-ocean ridge.
  B) between two other transform-fault boundaries.
  C) between a mid-ocean ridge and a subduction zone.
  D) in the rift of a mid-ocean ridge.

Question 2

How does movement in a normal fault differ from that in a reverse fault?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: In a normal fault, movement along the fault is caused by tensional stress in the crust; this causes the hanging wall to move downward with respect to the footwall. In a reverse fault, movement along the fault is caused by compressional stress in the crust; this causes the hanging wall to move upward with respect to the footwall.





 

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