ppt课件-岩石与地貌大学密苏里-圣路易斯（ rocks landforms- universityof missouri– st. louis）.pptVIP

Folding Faulting Folding When Earth’s crust bends, folds occur Folding occurs under compression when forces act towards each other, such as when plates collide. Folding Faulting Definitions Compression Is a process of forcing something into smaller compass, reducing it in volume by pressing it together Tension Is a pulling force, tending to stretch, to cause an extension of a body or to restore the shape of an extended elastic object Folding Faulting Parts of a fold : layers of rocks of continental crust bent in upfolds called anticlines downfolds called synclines. 2 sides of a fold a