d. Trinidad Island is bisectea by the Central Fault Range Zone, if the length of this fault is 435 km and the rate at the two parts of Trinidad is moving is 12 mm/yr. Then calculate after how many years (all other parameter being uniform), the northern part above the fault line will be separated from southern part?

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d. Trinidad Island is bisectea by the Central Fault Range Zone, if the length of this fault is
435 km and the rate at the two parts of Trinidad is moving is 12 mm/yr. Then calculate
after how many years (all other parameter being uniform), the northern part above the fault
line will be separated from southern part?
Transcribed Image Text:d. Trinidad Island is bisectea by the Central Fault Range Zone, if the length of this fault is 435 km and the rate at the two parts of Trinidad is moving is 12 mm/yr. Then calculate after how many years (all other parameter being uniform), the northern part above the fault line will be separated from southern part?
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