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CH 11.1 How Rocks Deform

Name:________________________Date:_____
Across
A fold in which the youngest layer is in the center of the fold; commonly seen as a bowl shape
Materials that respond to stress by breaking or fracturing
The rock below the fault plane
The area on the fold where the limbs meet
A type of stress that squeezes and shortens a rock
An isostatic adjustment where the lithosphere rises
The rock above the fault plane
Occurs when the rock on either side of a fault plane slides horizontally in response to shear stress
A bend in a rock layer resulting from stress
A fold in which both limbs are horizontal or almost horizontal
A type of reverse fault in which the fault plane is at a low angle or is nearly horizontal
A plane on a fold that could slice the fold in two symmetrical halves; they're rare
Down
A break along which the surrounding rock moves
Occurs when the buoyant force on the lithosphere and gravity are equal
A type of stress that stretches and pulls a rock apart
Materials that respond to stress by bending or deforming without breaking
A fault in which the hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall
The fault created when compression causes the hanging wall to move upward relative to the footwall
A fold in which the oldest layer is in the center of the fold
Distorts a rock by pushing parts of the rock in opposite directions
The surface or plane along which the motion of a fault occurs
The sloping side of a fold
Any change in the shape or volume of rock that results from stress
The term that means a fold appears to be lying on its side
A break along which there is no movement of the surrounding rock