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ROCKS-UNDER-STRESS (2)

In geology, stress is the force applied per unit area on rocks, leading to changes in shape, size, or position, resulting in geological features. There are different types of stress, including confining, differential, tensional, compressional, and shear stress, each affecting rocks in various ways. Geological structures such as folds and faults are formed under stress, with classifications including normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults.

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ROCKS-UNDER-STRESS (2)

In geology, stress is the force applied per unit area on rocks, leading to changes in shape, size, or position, resulting in geological features. There are different types of stress, including confining, differential, tensional, compressional, and shear stress, each affecting rocks in various ways. Geological structures such as folds and faults are formed under stress, with classifications including normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults.

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ROCKS UNDER

STRESS
What is stress?
In geology, stress refers to the
force applied per unit area on a
rock, which can result in
changes to its shape, size, or
position due to compression or
shearing. These forces lead to
the formation of geological
features like mountains, valleys,
TYPES OF
STRESS
Confining
Stress
-Stress in applied in all
parts of the rocks, and
crust does not change
in for/shape.
Differential
- Stress isstress
not applied equally,crust's
form or shape changes
TYPES OF DIFFERENTIAL
STRESS
Tensional
stress

-Causes rocks to be pulled apart that result to


lengthening and break apart. This type of stress can
be found at divergent plate boundaries
Compressional
stress

-causes rocks to fold or fracture. It squeezes rocks


together. Compression is the most common types of
stress in convergent plate boundaries.
Shear
stress

-happens when forces slide pass each other in opposite direction


which results to slippage and translation. This is the most
common stress found in transform plate boundaries.
Geologic
Structures
FOLD
-are formed when rocks experienced compressiv

Sof rocks. There are three types of folds:


stress and deformed plastically. It causes bending

Monoclin Anticline Syncline


• A monocline is a • An anticline the • A syncline is a fold
e
bend in the rocks youngest rocks are that bends
layers where the covered over them downward which
oldest rocks are at at the top of the rocks are curved
the bottom and structure. down to a center.
youngest are at the
top.
Exampl
e:
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. The footwall is the rock
that place on the top the fault,while hanging
wall is below the fault.
Faults can be classified
into:
a. Normal
- are the
faultsmost
commmon faults at
a divergent
boundaries. In
relation to the
footwall,it develops
as the hanging wall
drops down. East
b. Reverse faults
- This type of fault is
most common at the
convergent boundaries.
It forms when the
hanging wall moves up.
It crestes th world's
highest mountain
c. Strike-slip faults
-This type of faults
formed when the walls
move sideways. It be
either right lateral or
left lateral. It is mostly
common on transform
plate boundaries. The
most popular example
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