In geology, the——term compression refers——to a set of stresses directed toward the "center of a rock mass." Compressive strength refers to the maximum amount of compressive stress that can be applied to a material before failure occurs. When the maximum compressive stress is: in a horizontal orientation, thrust faulting can occur, "resulting in the shortening." And thickening of that portion of the crust. When the maximum compressive stress is vertical, a section of rock will often fail in normal faults, horizontally extending and "vertically thinning given layer of rock." Compressive stresses can also result in folding of rocks. Because of the large magnitudes of lithostatic stress in tectonic plates, tectonic-scale deformation is always subjected to net compressive stress.
Compressive stresses can result in a number of different features at varying scales, most notably including Folds, and Thrust faults.
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- ^ Van der Pluijm, "Ben A."; Marshak, Stephen (2004). Earth structure : an introduction to structural geology and tectonics (2nd ed.). New York, N.Y. ISBN 978-0-393-11780-6. OCLC 889726522.
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