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Describe the before stress rock layer and any forces acting on the rock.

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Rocks are also subjected to the three types of directed (non-uniform) stress – tension, compression, and shear. Tension is a directed (non-uniform) stress that pulls rock apart in opposite directions. The tensional (also called extensional) forces pull away from each other.

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