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1 Mountain Building Chapter 20

2 Isostatic Rebound – crust rises as a result of __________________
This iceberg demonstrates the process of isostatic rebound.

3 Folded rock layers produced by compressional forces
Folded rock layers produced by compressional forces. This part of the folded mountain shows a __________.

4 Example of new crust being formed at Iceland.
_____ type volcano on the mid-Atlantic ridge.

5 Convergent-Boundary Mountains
The following three slides show mountain types produced when plates move __________.

6 Ocean-Ocean Convergence
Volcanic island arc trench Basaltic magma Examples: Aleutian Islands, Phillipines,______

7 Ocean-Continental Convergence
volcanic mountains trench metamorphic rock Andesitic magma, granitic intrusions Examples: ________, Andes

8 Continental-Continental Convergence
folded mountains metamorphic and sedimentary rock faults igneous intrusions Examples: Himalayas,______________

9 Nonconvergent-Boundary Mountains
The next four slides show mountains formed at divergent boundaries (plates moving _____), hot spots, and areas of faulting or uplift.

10 Divergent-Boundary Mountain
pillow basalts intrusive rock Example: Mid-Atlantic Ridge

11 Volcanic Hot Spot Mountain
extrusive ingneous rock Example: ______, Galapagos

12 Uplifted Mountains Example: ____________
intrusive igneous rock, less structural deformation Example: ____________

13 Fault-Block Mountains
mostly sedimentary rock Example: __________, Basin and Range

14 Mountain Building Review
The Galapagos Islands formed as a result of a ___________. The Appalachians are about _________ years old. The Appalachians are a __________ mountain range. The Cascades (Mt St Helens, Mt Rainier,…) are a ___________ mountain range with ___________ eruptions.


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