Which stress outcome occurs when differential crustal uplift?

💡 Explanation

Fault reactivation causes earthquake generation because previously dormant faults experience renewed stress from differential uplift; therefore unstable seismic activity is triggered, rather than solely rebound, density shift, or foliation decreases in the absence of prior faulting.

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• Which consequence results when uplift along a fault displaces an alluvial fan?
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