Anticlines Are Caused by Extensional Stress On The Rocks, and Syncline Is Caused by Compressional Stress. The

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1. Picture No 1 This image is a syncline folds.

A syncline is a fold that is concave upward,or, in more complicated fold,is infererred to have had such an attitude at some stage in its development(plateVI).factors that cause this syncline folds can happen are : a. Generally a fold with younger rock toward the center of curvature b. Another set of term refers to the attitude of the axial plane c. In the asymmetrical fold the axial plane in inclined ; the two limbs dip in opposite directions but a different angle d. In the overturned fold or overfold the axial plane is inclined,and both limbs dip in the same action direction,usually at different angle. 2. Picture No 2 The image is a isoclinal fold.Isoclinal fold is one in which the axial plane is inclined.A recumbent isoclinal is one in which the axial plane is horizontal. Isoclinal is a major factor in the direction of the force exerted on the crease.Because it is formed by the folds of activity tectonics.

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The image is a anticline fold. An anticline is a fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core. The term is not to be confused with antiform, which is a purely descriptive term for any fold that is convex up. Therefore if age relationships between various strata are unknown, the term antiform should be used. anticlines are caused by extensional stress on the rocks, and syncline is caused by compressional stress. The

stress is always pushing from the oldest layer of rock toward the youngest layer of rock, so in an anticline, where the oldest rocks are in the center of the rock fold, they push outward toward the younger rocks. In a syncline the youngest rocks are in the center of the fold and the oldest rocks are on the outer edge, the older rocks push inward toward the youngest rock. 4. Picture No 4 The image is a syncline fold.In this figure is the same type of fold with Figure 1, which syncline. Cause of the difference is the direction of the force forming the crease. Force that work is stressful and compress

5. Picture No 5 The image is a unconformity. The structural geologist is concerned with unconformities for several reasons.Unconformities are definitely structural features,although their origin involves erosional and depositional as wll as tectonic processes..An unconformity is a buried erosional or nondepositional surface separating two rock masses or strata of different ages, indicating that sediment deposition was not continuous. In general, the older layer was exposed to erosion for an interval of time before deposition of the younger, but the term is used to describe any break in the sedimentar geologic record.

6. Picture No 6 This image is mass movement.Mass movement or mass wasting is movements of masses of bodies of soil, bed rock, rock debris, soil, or mud which usually occur along steep-sided hills and mountains because of the pull of gravity. This slipping of large amounts of rock and soil is seen in landslides, mud slides, and avalanches. Mass movements are caused by various conditions:

Volcanic activity many times causes huge mudflows when the icy cover of a volcano melts and mixes with the soil to form mud as the magma in the volcano stirs preceding an eruption. Mudslides can also develop when water rapidly accumulates in the ground, such as during heavy rainfall or rapid snow melt, changing the earth into a flowing river of mud or "slurry.". Earthquake shocks cause sections of mountains and hills to break off and slide down. Human modification of the land or weathering and erosion help loosen large chunks of earth and start them sliding downhill. Vibrations from machinery, traffic, weight loading from accumulation of snow; stockpiling of rock or ore; from waste piles and from buildings and other structures. However, the trigger mechanism for mass movement is the gravitational pull of the earth on soil, rocks, and mud.

7. Picture No 7 The image is Isoclinal fault. in this picture is the same picture in picture No. 2Different causes is a fault. the fault occurred as a result of the movement of the plates. The movement of the plates are always moving constantly - constantly so that the elasticity of this layer to be broken.

8. Picture No 8 The image is joint. In geology the term joint refers to a fracture in rock where the displacement associated with the opening of the fracture is greater than the displacement due to lateral movement in the plane of the fracture (up, down or sideways) of one side relative

to the other. Typically, there is little to no lateral movement across joints. The main factor in the formation of the joint is the process of movement of the plates but have not yet experienced the movement. This makes joints different from a fault which is defined as a fracture in rock in which one side slides laterally past the other with a displacement that is greater than the separation between the blocks on either side of the fracture. Joints normally have a regular spacing related to either the mechanical properties of the individual rock or the thickness of the layer involved. Joints generally occur as sets, with each set consisting of joints sub-parallel to each other.

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