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Mountain formation refers to the geological processes that underlie the formation and metamorphism are all parts of the orogenic process of mountain building.
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Large scale folding of rocks during the process of mountain building is characteristic of?
Large scale folding of rocks during the process of mountain building is characteristic of regional metamorphic rock
What characteristic does large-scale folding of rocks during the process of mountain building have?
Large scale folding rocks are a characteristic of regional metamorphism. Regional metamorphism will occur during the process of building mountains.
What process causes mountain building?
Orogeny.
What is the process of mountain building called?
Orogenesis
The process of building mountains and mountain ranges is called?
Orogeny
What is the process of forming a mounting?
Mountain building, continental drift.
Process that leads to mountain building?
by sedimentation because amountain has various layers
What is a word for building up through mountains volcanoes and uplift?
Orogeny is the process of mountain creation, or a period of mountain creation.
What type of rock is formed during a mountain building event?
metamorphic
The mountain building process in which land of land bend and buckle to release pressure?
doming
Why is foliation more likely to occur during mountain building than through the contact of rock with magma?
Foliation is more likely to occur during mountain building rather than through the contact of rock with magma because of the stress that is developed during mountain building. This refers to the action on a plane as the force applied per unit area of the plane.
What process is involved in the formation of all igneous rock's but not the formation of metamorphic rock's?
mountain building
