What is stress that stretches a rock layer?

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Don Mac
Mar 8, 2016

Tensional forces stretch rocks a part, while compression squeezed them together.

Explanation:

Compressional forces tend to produce folds and faults in rock strata. Tensional forces pull rocks apart and this is what happens in plate tectonics when spreading ridges form that gradually tear open the crust.

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