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Vlad1618 [11]
2 years ago
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Describe the types of lithospheric plate collisions that build mountains.

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nevsk [136]2 years ago
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Answer:

When plates collide or undergo subduction (that is – ride one over another), the plates tend to buckle and fold, forming mountains. Most of the major continental mountain ranges are associated with thrusting and folding or orogenesis. Examples are the Jura and the Zagros mountains.

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