Which mechanism causes uplift and step-like terrain along normal faults in extensional environments?

💡 Explanation

When normal faults experience repeated stress, repeated displacement during earthquakes occurs creating offset and cumulative displacement along the fault plane. Therefore, step-like terrain results, rather than isostatic rebound, differential erosion, or magmatic intrusion, which rely on different geological processes.

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