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What caused an island arc to develop east of the North American continent early in the tectonic history of the Appalachian Mountains?
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What tectonic plates formed the Appalachian mountains?
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What period did the appalachian mountains form?
The Appalachian Region was formed in the Paleozoic era millions of years ago when the North American and African Tectonic Plates Collided.
How were the Ouachita mountains formed?
The Appalachian Mountains formed about 480 million years ago. They were formed in tectonic plate collisions that eventually led to the birth of the Pangaea continent, and used to extend to what is now Morocco.
What is an example of an active continent to continent collision?
I can't give you a continent to continent but I can give you tectonic plate to tectonic plate. The Indian-Australian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian plate to form the Himalayan Mountains.
Is there plate tectonic activity in the Canadian Shield?
only where the sun doesn't rise by the snake river plain or appalachian mountains.
How old are the Appalachian mountains?
According to scientific data, the Appalachian Mountains formed roughly 480 years ago. They likely formed as the result of two of the Earth's tectonic plates colliding.
Were the Blue Ridge Mountains formed by destructive force?
Yes, the Blue Ridge Mountains formed by destructive force when the tectonic plates pulled apart during the break-up of the Super Continent. As well, geologists believe the Appalachian Mountains--which include the Blue Ridge Mountain Range--once included active volcanoes. The plate forces folded the land, making the mountains, while volcanic forces created igneous rocks etc. This was many millions of years ago. The Appalachian mountains, Allegheny Mountains, and Blue Ridge Mountains are much older than the Rocky Mountains.
What physical process has created the mountains of central America?
The process of subduction is responsible for the formation of the mountains of Central America and the western northern continent.
Why the continent is the largest in the western hemisphere?
acording to plat tectonic the american plat is moving in west
Name and describe the type of tectonic stress that forms fault - block mountains?
Tectonic stress forms faults and blocks mountains.
What is Aruba's tectonic plate?
The Caribbean tectonic plate is the plate upon which Aruba is located.Specifically, Aruba is an arid, sunny island in the southernmost Caribbean Sea. It is only 17 miles (27 kilometers) off the coast of the northern South American country of Venezuela. But the island is not part of that continent or of that continent's tectonic plate.
What created the mountains?
Mountains are the result of the collision of tectonic plates.
