selinabradford16 selinabradford16
  • 11-01-2019
  • Biology
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What type of stress occurs when a rock mass is pushed in opposite directions? compression
faulting
shearing
tension

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Tabbey
Tabbey Tabbey
  • 11-01-2019

shearing

Stress can be defined as the force that is applied to the rock. However, shear stress is known to be kind of force that is applied and push one side of a body of rock in one direction while the opposite side of the body of rock in the opposite direction. Thus, shear forces that push in opposite direction.

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acontreras101 acontreras101
  • 07-04-2019

The correct answer is C.shearing

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