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What characteristic does large-scale folding of rocks during the process of mountain building have?
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Large scale folding rocks are a characteristic of regional metamorphism. Regional metamorphism will occur during the process of building mountains.
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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 mountain ranges were caused by folding?
Alps Himalayas Appalachians
Is brittle deformation a form of rock deformation?
yes.It is as a result of compression forces acting on a rock which is not very tough as a result it break.if a rock is highly resistant folding occurs and you have a fold mountain building up.
What two mountain ranges have been caused by folding?
one of them are grand canyon. as it has something.
How do mountain building make metamorphic rock?
Mountain building involves either volcanism (which exposes rock to immense heat from magma and lava) or block faulting, or folding (which results from enormous pressures between colliding tectonic plates) or a combination of those things. Heat and pressure are what turns material into metamorphic rock. Furthermore, mountain formation sometimes raises metamorphic rocks that have formed deep in the crust to higher locations, where they can be exposed at the surface when the rocks above them erode away. Thus some mountain formations also contain metamorphic rocks that were brought to the surface by mountain-building even though they weren't formed by it.
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
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?
Fold and thrust mountain ranges can be found at convergent plate boundaries, where two tectonic plates collide. Examples of fold and thrust mountain ranges include the Himalayas in Asia and the Rocky Mountains in North America.
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
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.
