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13 Cards in this Set
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graben
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forms when a block bounded by normal faults will drop down, tensional streess
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horst
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uplifted part , formes rift valleys and mountain ranges
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grabens and horsts
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basin range in western u.s.
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reverse fault
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from compressional forces which tend to shorten the curst, hanging wall moved upward relative to the footwall
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thrust faults
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low angle reverse fault, hanging wall block overrides footwall block, convergent boundaires, older rock is on top of youger rock
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strike slip faults
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faults where the relative motion on the fault has taken place along a horizontal direction, left lateral and right lateral
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fault block mountains
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tensional stresses, basin and range province, teton range, and sierra nevada
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folded mountains
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largest most compolex mountian, alps, ural, himalaya, appalachians and northern rockies
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unwarped mountains
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broad archign of crust, black hills and adivondacks
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mountain building
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process that uplifts mountains
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convergent boundaire mountains
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oceaniv-continental crust convergence, andean
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continental accretion
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small crystal fragments collide w/ and accrete to continental margins, occure along pacific coast
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terranes
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accreted crustal blocks
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