The most dense layer of the atmosphere is the troposphere is the most dense layer because it is at the bottom of the atmosphere. The troposphere is where all our weather happe â¦ ns. It also has the highest air pressure. But more specifically, the earths atmosphere is most dense at the surface.
Earthquakes on faults like these may cause tsunamis in the Puget Sound region. 'Deep' faults Deep faults can occur where two tectonic plates collide and one of the plates is forced beneath the other.
A thrust fault is a special kind of reverse fault where one or more plates are under the ocean. At a thrust fault, a plate below the sea is moving under another plate, thrusting its edge upward. The process of one plate diving under the other is called subduction. Thrust faults can produce larger earthquakes than strike-slip faults. The fault that caused the Sumatra earthquake and tsunami in December 2004 was this sort of fault. Rock may seem brittle, but itâs actually quite elastic.