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mountains

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isostasy the balancing of gravity and buoyancy
compression stress which squeezes and shortens
tension stress which stretches and pulls apart
shear stress which twists, bends, or breaks by pushing in opposite directions
anticline A-shaped fold in which the older rock layers are in the center
syncline U-shaped fold in which younger rock layers are in the center
monocline fold in which both limbs of the fold are horizontal
normal fault fault in which the hanging wall moves downward
reverse fault fault in which the hanging wall moves upward
strike-slip fault fault in which the hanging and footwalls move horizontally past each other
thrust fault a low angle reverse fault
limb the sloping sides of a fold
axial plane plane that slices the fold into two symmetrical halves
strike the direction of intersection along the surface of the fault or fold
dip the angle the fault or fold plunges into the ground
Japan, Phillipines, Aleutians, Indonesia examples of island arcs
Himalayas, Alps, Appalachians examples of folded mountain ranges
Cascades, Andes examples of volcanic mountain ranges
Galapagos, Hawaii, Yellowstone examples of hot spots
East Pacific Rise, Mid-Atlantic Ridge examples of mid-ocean ridges
Sierra-Nevada Mts, Basin and Range Mts. examples of fault-block mountains
Adironacks, Black Hills examples of dome mountains
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