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MOUNTAINS

MOUNTAINS. Mountains. Mt. Everest ( 29, 035 ft. or 8, 850 m ) Is the tallest mountain in the world…. What is a Mountain?. A large mass of rock or landform that rises a great distance above its base (about 300 meters). Where do mountains form?.

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MOUNTAINS

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  1. MOUNTAINS

  2. Mountains Mt. Everest ( 29, 035 ft. or 8, 850 m ) Is the tallest mountain in the world…..

  3. What is a Mountain? • A large mass of rock or landform that rises a great distance above its base (about 300 meters)

  4. Where do mountains form? • Generally, along convergent plate boundaries: (Collision)

  5. How do mountains form? • Mountains form from rocks that have been permanently deformed under stress.

  6. What is the Tallest Mountain in the United States?  Mount McKinley, Alaska with an elevation of 20, 320 feet or 6194 meters

  7. 3 Types of mountains: • Folded Mountains • Dome Mountains • Fault-block Mountains

  8. 1) Folded Mountains  formed by the folding of rock layers during plate collisions EX. Appalachian Mountains

  9. The Folding Process

  10. Folded Mountains

  11. Types of folds in Rock • Anticline Upward fold • Syncline  Downward fold

  12. Where is the Anticline?

  13. 2) Dome Mountain  a circular folded mountain, Formed by UPLIFT EX. Adirondack Mountains

  14. Dome Mountain

  15. 3) Fault-Block Mountains  formed when normalfaults uplifta block of rock EX. Sierra Nevada Mountains

  16. Fault-Block Mountains

  17. Movement can occur in several directions in Fault-Block Mountains

  18. Fault-Block Mountains Teton Mountain Range, Wyoming

  19.  A reverse fault occurs when the hanging wall moves up (Convergent Boundaries push rocks up and over)  A normal fault occurs when the hanging wall moves down (Divergent Boundaries release tension and rocks slide down)

  20. How is a thrust fault formed? • A thrust fault is formed when compressive stresses act over great distances. • A thrust fault is a reverse fault in which the fault plane dips 45 degrees or less from the horizontal.

  21. What type of fault occurs when rock on opposite sides of a fault plane move horizontally past each other?  A Strike-slip Fault

  22. How do Horsts and Grabens differ? Horstsare large blocks of crust that have been thrust upward between faults… Grabens are large blocks of crust that have dropped down between faults…

  23. Identify the Fault types:

  24. There are also underwater mountains: Seamounts • Ships use SONAR to make 3-D images of underwater features

  25. SOL Review: What do circles on a topographic map indicate?

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