Use the diagrams below to answer the following questions. 1. Contrast the plate movements that cause the stresses in diagram B and C. 2. Will a normal fault result from the stresses being applied to the rock unit in diagram D? Explain 3. Compare diagram B to diagram A. How is it differen

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