Dr Strange Asked on: Wed Oct 07 2020, 22:09:00 Participation Badges: 5

What are the pros and cons of faults


Denver Posted on: Thu Oct 08 2020, 00:13:20 Participation Badges: 14 In response to: ...

Benefits & problems of faulting & folding are basically the same because they all result from crustal disturbances.
Try to put examples everywhere possible

*Disadvantage*
Plenty (I think you can up with some)
Split them (environmental & human impacts)

*_Environmental_*

Loss of some biodiversity
Disrupts the natural ecosystem
Disrupts the flow of rivers (can dry up productive lands)
#Crustal snapping(rebounding) can generate earthquakes e.g 2006 Mozambican earthquake where the Rift valley snapped extending south

Humans

(I think You can come up)
loss of lives etc



*Benefits*

# Crustal movement can reveal mineral seems on the ground e.g Great Dyke

# Can create(open up) lakes e.g African Rift Valley lakes such as Lake Malawi

# Can create tourist sites as spectacular sceneries can be formed e.g Isle of Wright monocline in UK

#Fissures(cracks) opened up by faults can eject steam for geothermal power

# Can channel water to dried up places