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7 Cards in this Set
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Anticline
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A fold in sedimentary strata resembling an arch
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Syncline
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A linear download in sedimentary strata; the opposite of anticline
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Monocline
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A large steplike fold in otherwise horizontal sedimentary strata
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Orogenesis
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The process that collectively result in the formation of mountains
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Graben
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A valley formed by the downward displacement of a fault-bounded block
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Horst
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an elongated, uplifted block or crust bounded by faults
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Accrertionary wedge
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Large wedge-shaped mass of sediment that accumulates in subduction zones; here sediment is scraped from the subducting oceanic plate & accretd to the overriding crustal block
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