EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
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Question
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Earth’s crust rising
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Earth’s crust sinking
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Earth’s crust shifting sideways
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Earth’s crust moving in any direction
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Detailed explanation-1: -Subsidence-sinking of the ground because of underground material movement-is most often caused by the removal of water, oil, natural gas, or mineral resources out of the ground by pumping, fracking, or mining activities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Faults are cracks in the earth’s crust along which there is movement. These can be massive (the boundaries between the tectonic plates themselves) or very small. If tension builds up along a fault and then is suddenly released, the result is an earthquake.
Detailed explanation-3: -Where tectonic plates move away from one another the lithosphere thins. The underlying asthenosphere rises and expands like a hot-air balloon, elevating a broad region. If the plate is capped by thick continental crust, the resulting continental rift zone rises high above sea level.