Topic
Faults
4 questions tagged Faults — spanning every one of the seven Ws.
how
How do earthquakes start deep underground along a fault line?
Earthquakes begin when stress builds up on a fault until rocks suddenly slip. The sudden release of stored energy sends seismic waves through the Earth.
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where
Where is the San Andreas-like Alpine Fault located?
The Alpine Fault is on New Zealand’s South Island. It is one of the world’s major active fault systems.
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whose
Whose work first identified the San Andreas Fault as a major plate boundary?
Andrew Lawson is the geologist most associated with the San Andreas Fault after the 1906 earthquake. Later plate tectonics explained it as a transform boundary.
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what
What is a transform fault?
A transform fault is a plate boundary where two plates slide horizontally past each other. It commonly produces earthquakes but usually not volcanism.
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