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Mountain Building

Mountain Building. By : Thais , Jahod , Nick , and D ennisja. Folded Mountains. The Folded Mountains form when rock layers are squeezed together , and pushed upward. An example of a Folded Mountain range that formed at a convergent boundary.

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Mountain Building

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  1. Mountain Building By : Thais , Jahod , Nick , and Dennisja

  2. Folded Mountains • The Folded Mountains form when rock layers are squeezed together , and pushed upward. • An example of a Folded Mountain range that formed at a convergent boundary. • Other examples of mountain ranges that consist of very and complex folds are the Alps in central Europe , the Ural Mountains in Russia , and the Himalayas.

  3. Fault-Block Mountains • Fault-Block Mountains forms when this tensions causes large blocks of the Earths crust to drop down relative to other blocks . • When sedimentary rock layers are tilting up by faulting , they can produce mountains that have sharp , jagged peaks . • For example , the Tentons in western Wyoming are a spectacular of the Fault-blocking Mountains.

  4. Volcanic Mountains • Volcanic Mountains are rocks that is melted in subduction zones form magma , which rises to the Earths surface and erupts . • Volcanic Mountains can also form under the sea, which sometimes rises above the ocean surface to become islands/land . • Volcanic Mountains on the Earth have formed around the tectonically active rim of the Pacific Ocean.

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