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Types of Stress
Stress
A stress is a force that acts on rocks to change its shape or volume
The force adds energy to the rock until it breaks or changes shape
Causes
Unequal heating and cooling in the Earth’s mantle
Results in Earthquakes
Shearing
Stress that pushes rock mass in two opposite directions.
Crust slides side by side
Evidence of this?
Tension
Pulls on the crust Stretching the rock so it is thinner in the middleCrust pulls apart
Compression
Squeezes rock until it folds or breaks
Crust pushes together
Rock has two options when these stresses are present
1. Rock Folds2. Rock breaks