Overview
For your paper on Stressing out the Rocks, here are some specific instructions. Read this carefully - it will help you!
You are writing about how folds and faults form. You will read about several kinds of stress this week - you only have to talk about the ones that form folds or faults (so you don't have to talk about brittle or ductile deformation, elastic deformation, etc.).
When you write about faults, there are 3 kinds to write about: normal, reverse (also includes thrust faults) and strike-slip faults. Be sure you describe what forces (compressional, shearing or tensional) form those faults.
Don't forget to talk about how folds form - there's only one type of stress that creates folds.
That's it! You do not need to talk about synclines/anticlines, elastic deformation or anything else!
Rock structures (folds and faults) are created by the stresses that deform the rocks. Write a one-page explanation of how the various stresses in a rock result in the various folds and faults.