'Orogenic belts' presentation slideshows

Objectives

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Chapter 6

Chapter 6. Sedimentary Archives. The characteristics of sediment deposited in an area depend on: . Tectonic setting Physical, chemical, and biological processes in the depositional environment Method of sediment transport Rocks in the source area from which the sediment is derived

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TECTONIC REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

TECTONIC REGIONS OF NORTH AMERICA

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Diastrophism - Folded, Faulted and Tilted Strata.

Diastrophism - Folded, Faulted and Tilted Strata. Introduction Three types of deformation result from subjecting rock to stress: 1. Folds - bending of rock without breaking (including tilting). 2. Faults - fracture of rock with displacement.

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Anatomy of orogenic belts

Anatomy of orogenic belts. Mostly derived from Moores and Twiss, 1995. Major elements of orogens. Wilson cycle. Wilson cycle. Miogeocline in plate tectonic sense. -Davis and Reynolds. Wilson cycle. Wilson cycle. Terrane analysis.

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Appalachian Mountain Building

Appalachian Mountain Building. Chapter 20 Section 2 Lauren Bauschard Jamie Reed. Orogeny. Orogeny is the process that for all mountain ranges. Orogeny results in broad, linear regions of deformation known as orogenic belts. Most orogenic belts are associated with plate boundaries.

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