DEFORMATION

three main types of

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rock stress Grade 11-STEM Axis

before stress compression

causes rocks to fold or fracture. It squeezes rocks

together. Compression is the most common type

of stress in convergent plate boundaries.

tension shearing
causes rocks to be pulled apart that result to
happens when forces slide pass each other in

lengthening and break apart. This type of

opposite direction which results to slippage and

stress can be found at divergent plate

translation. This is the most common stress

boundaries. found in transform plate boundaries.

geologic structures
FOLDS – are formed when rocks

experienced compressive stress and

deformed plastically. It causes bending of

rocks.

three types of folds:

syncline anticline monocline

A fold that bends downward A fold that arches upward where
A simple bend in the rock

which rocks are curved down

the oldest rocks are found at the
layers where the oldest rocks

to a center. center of an anticline. The

are at the bottom and the

youngest rocks are covered over

youngest are at the top.
them at the top of the structure.

FAULTS – A rock under ample stress can

crack, or fracture. The fracture is called a

joint because there is a block of rock left

standing on either side of a fracture line.

classification of faults:

Normal Fault Reverse Fault Strike-Slip Fault

Are the most common faults at

This type of fault is most common
This type of faults formed when

divergent boundaries. In relation

at the convergent boundaries. It
the walls move sideways. It can be

to the footwall, it develops as the

forms when the hanging wall
either right lateral or left lateral. It

hanging wall drops down. East

moves up. It creates the world’s
is mostly common on transform

African Rift is one of the examples

highest mountain ranges such as
plate boundaries. The most

of this type of fault. Himalayas Mountains and Rocky

popular example of this type is

Mountains. San Andreas Fault.