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Large-scale folding of rocks during the process mountain building is characteristic of what?
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When rock layers bend due to stress in the earths crust as in example of two continental plates converging what is the answer folding or rifting?
It is folding. And this folding results in the formation of fold mountains, eg the Himalayan mountain.
Folds in earths crust form mostly?
Well, mountains are formed mostly with folding and sometimes with volcanic eruptions. MOUNT EVERST was formed by the folding of the ocean. Folding is when the earth's crustal plates start to push together to form a mountain.
What happens when two continents collide along a convergent plate boundary?
There is a compressional stress on the rocks which causes the crust to shorten. Reverse faults (the hanging wall moves up) occur at convergent plate boundaries. In continental-continental convergent boundaries, where two continents collide, the crust becomes deformed and thickened forming mountain chains. This is known as orogenesis or mountain building. This occurrence explains the creation of the Himalayas where India and Asia collided. Strictly speaking, it is the tectonic plates that collide, not just the continents. The shortening of the land may be accommodated by land folding. For example, the Indian Plate is colliding with the Asian Plate, causing land shortening and mountain folding and building. (Have a glance at the path of the rivers rising in the Himalayas.).
What caused a mountains?
When two plates under ground collide together pushing the ground up, creatiing a mountain.
What is it called when forces inside earth turn rock layers over completely?
The process you are referring to is called tectonic deformation or tectonic overturning. It occurs when internal tectonic forces cause rock layers to rotate or flip over. This can happen during intense geological events like folding, faulting, or mountain building.
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.
In science terms what is folding?
Folding is when formerly flat sedimentary layers of rock are uplifted and literally tilted and folded in the mountain building process.
What metamorphism setting contains large scale folding of rocks during mountain building?
An avalanche
Is the Andes mountain folded?
Yes, the Andes Mountain was formed by folding.
What mountain ranges were formed by folding?
Alps
What is the definition of orogeny?
Orogeny is the process of mountain building through tectonic plate movement, collision, and deformation of the Earth's crust. It involves the folding, faulting, and uplifting of rocks to form mountain ranges.
What mountain ranges were caused by folding?
Alps Himalayas Appalachians
Does Folding and thrusting of plates creates magnificent mountain chains?
yae
Where can fold and thrust mountain range be found?
folding and thrusting himalayas
How was pine mountain formed?
Pine Mountain was formed by the lifting and folding of the earth's surface that occurred when the continents collided.
What major mountain range in the world created by folding stress?
the Himalayan mountains
