Faulting and Folding Flashcards

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Types of mountains

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Fault/block, fold, volcanic

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Fault/black mountain

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Fault mountains are block-shaped mountains formed by the rising of brittle crust up along vertical fault lines, which may leave a rift valley or graben at a lower level

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Fold mountain

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Fold mountains are raised by compressional forces which push inwards, resulting in the bending and folding of the crust into great uploads called anticlines and downfolds or valleys called synclines

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