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Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)

9th Edition

ISBN:9780134746241

Author:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Publisher:Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa

Chapter1: The Study Of Minerals

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1. What type of stress is compression and at what type of plate boundary is this found? 2. What type of stress is tension and at what type of plate boundary is it found? 3. What is the difference between plastic and elastic strain? 4. Under what conditions is a rock more likely to deform plastically than to break? 5. Name one similarity and one difference between a fracture and a fault. 6. What are the two types of dip-slip faults and how are they different from each other? 7. What is an earthquake's focus? What is its epicenter? 8. Why do most earthquakes take place along plate boundaries? 9. Why are there far more earthquakes around the Pacific Ocean than anywhere else? 10. What type of faulting is found where two slabs of continental lithosphere are converging? 11. What material can S-waves travel through and how fast are they? Describe an S-wave's motion. 12. How are surface waves different from body waves? Which are more damaging?

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