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2. Rocks that are strong and brittle and tend to joint and fault.

  • Strain
  • Competent
  • Incompetent
  • Bedding plane

3. The force trying to pull rocks apart, the earths crust will become lengthened.

  • Strain
  • Tensional forces
  • Compressional forces
  • Shear forces

4. A computer imaging technique, based on seismic wave velocities.

  • Geochemistry
  • Seisometer
  • Seismic Tomography
  • Seisogram

5. The force trying to push rocks together, the earths crust will be shortened.

  • Compressional forces
  • Stress
  • Tensional forces
  • Shear forces

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