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Fault-block mountain: Mountain that forms along a normal fault where stress causes huge blocks of rock to tilt up.

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Where Are Fault Block Mountains in California?

A fault-block mountain can be found in Death Valley, California and also in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Movement of large crustal blocks form fault-block mountains.


Where are fault-block mountains in California?

A fault-block mountain can be found in Death Valley, California and also in the Sierra Nevada mountains in California. Movement of large crustal blocks form fault-block mountains.


What types of mountains are the Cascades domed or fault block?

Fault-block mountains


Are the sierra Nevada mountains folded mountains?

nope fault block


The mountains most commonly found at divergent plate boundaries are .?

Fault block mountians


What fault creates fault block mountains?

Seismograph


Is the Rocky Mountains a fault block mountains?

Yes they are.


Where can i find a fault block mountain?

Fault block mountains can be found in regions with active tectonic activity where the Earth's crust is being pushed or pulled apart. Examples of fault block mountains include the Sierra Nevada in California, the Grand Tetons in Wyoming, and the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico.


Do seismic waves occur at a fault?

no they are fault-block mountains


These mountains form from vertical fault movement.?

fault block


How are fault lines important to fault block mountains?

Fault block mountains are formed when tectonic plates move along fault lines, causing blocks of crust to be uplifted and tilted. The movement along fault lines is crucial in creating the varying elevations and angles of the blocks that form fault block mountains. The rocking and sliding along fault lines result in the unique landscape of fault block mountains.


What are the Grand Tetons an example of what mountains?

They are fault-block mountains.