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Difference between Folding and Faulting.(Geography)

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Folding is when the Earth's crust bends. Folding occurs under compression when forces act towards each-other such as when plates collide.

Faulting on the other hand is a crack in the Earth's crust. Faults usually form the boundaries between the Earth's tectonic plates

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