Description

The boundary between plates sliding past each other horizontally.
A stress that stretches and pulls a body apart
A region where one plates moves beneath another plate; associated with oceanic crust sliding under continental crust
The amount of force exerted on each unit of area
A stress that distorts a body by pushing and twisting parts of the body in opposite directions.
Rocks formed when sediment is deposited and becomes tightly compacted
Occurs at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge
The series in which rock forms, changes from one type to another, is destroyed and forms again by geologic processes.
Formed on a divergent plate boundary, a spreading apart of the surface, which is further deepened by the forces of erosion
A feature associated with a transform fault that may occur in the portion of a fracture zone
Rocks formed when igneous, sedimentary, or other metamorphic rocks undergo a physical and/or chemical change due to extreme heat and pressure
Molten material beneath or within the earth's crust, from which igneous rock is formed
Molten rock that flows from a volcano or from a crack in the Earth
A rock formed from the cooling and solidification of MAGMA beneath the Earth's surface
A condition when the forces of gravity and buoyancy are balanced between the crust and the mantle
Type of rock formed from liquid, molten material; from the Latin "on fire".
Minerals whose presence defines a minimum temperature a rock must have achieved in order to complete the metamorphic process
The metamorphic rock texture in which mineral grains are arranged in planes or bands
Formed mainly by the effects of folding on layers within the upper part of the Earth's crust
Very large blocks of rock, created by tectonic stresses in the Earth's crust
A break in a body of rock along which one block slides past another
A rock that forms from the cooling and solidification of LAVA at the Earth's surface
Formed from rising magma that pushed the overlying rock layers upward to form a dome shape, without the magma breaking through the surface
The boundary between two tectonic plates moving away from each other.
A boundary that occurs when two tectonic plates collide.
A type of stress that squeezes and shortens a body; associated with a convergent plate boundary and mountain building.

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