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November 12, 2020 3:07 pmpts 30 pts
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How faulting and fracture happens in rocks ?

Can you mark or suggest the direction of sigma 1 and sigma 3 in the attachment.
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  • Sajan sarthak sahoo thankyou
    A fault is formed in the Earth's crust as a brittle response to stress. Generally, the movement of the tectonic plates provides the stress, and rocks at the surface break in respon...
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    Dev
    Sir,I'm having problem in resolving the stress component direction at sigma 1 and sigma 2 intercept by the plane .