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15 Cards in this Set
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when an ocenic plate slides down
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ridge push
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when a rock changes its shape due to stress
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deformation
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amount of force that is put on a given material
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stress
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when two tectonic plates collide
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convergent boundry
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the haging wall moves down relative to the footwall
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normal fault
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stress that occurs when two tectonic plates collide
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compression
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when a vertical stress acts on a rock
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monocline
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when two tectonic plates move away from one another
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divergent boundry
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stress that occurs when two tectonic plates pull apart from each other
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tension
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sometimes has a subduction zone
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convergent boundry
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when an oceanic plate sinks and pulls the rest of the tectonic plate
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slab pull
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the surface along which rocks break and slide past each other
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fault
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opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally
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strike-slip fault
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the haging wall moves up relative to the footwall
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reverse fault
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when two tectonic plates slide past each other
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transform boundry
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