But another force is also in the mix: the properties of the rocks in the fault zones along the plate interface. This includes ...

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3. Meet individually with each group. Explain to the students in Group 1 that they have produced a model of a strike-slip fault where one block of rock slides past another horizontally (figure 3).

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See how they stick? Keep pushing and pulling smoothly. Soon a little bit of foam rubber along the crack (the fault) will break and the two pieces will suddenly slip past each other. That sudden ...