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How do the dome mountains form?

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Dome mountains form in areas of flat-lying sedimentary rocks that are warped up to create a roughly circular shape. A Utah example is Navajo Mountain, which most likely has a core of igneous rock that arched up the overlying sedimentary rock layers.

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