Fault block mountains are often created through rifting, which
is an indication of tensional tectonic forces. Fault block
mountains are primarily the result of faulting and folding.
Fault block mountains are often created through rifting, which
is an indication of tensional tectonic forces. Fault block
mountains are primarily the result of faulting and folding.
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UPLIFTING folding
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The hanging wall block slips downward along the thrust fault
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A term for a curved fault bounding a block that is hinged along
one edge; in the Little Rocky Mountains of Montana
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Rock that is too brittle to fold under heat and pressure, will break, called
thrust faulting. When older rock ends up on top of younger rock as a result of thrust faulting, the result is the formation of fault block mountains.