What happens when stress in rock builds up inside earth

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Nate Fox · Answer 1 · 2022-05-01T13:55:59+0000

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Stress causes the build up of strain, which causes the deformation of rocks and the Earth's crust. Compressional stresses cause a rock to shorten. Tensional stresses cause a rock to elongate, or pull apart.

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