Chapter 9: Geological Structures and Mountain Building
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Mountain Belts
Ranges of mountains linked together
Orogens
Mountain building process
Uplift
Vertical rise of the land surface and rock beneath
Deformation
Bending, breaking, or flowing of rocks
Joints
Naturally formed cracks in rock
Faults
Fractures where rocks slide past each other
Folds
Bends or wrinkles in rock layers
Foliation
Layering in rock due to mineral alignment
Strain
Change in shape of an object due to deformation
Stress
Push, pull, or shear on a material
Elastic Deformation
Reversible deformation
Brittle Deformation
Cracking and fracturing of a material
Ductile Deformation
Mineral grains behave like plastic
Shear Stress
Stress causing parts of a rock to move sideways
Joints
Naturally formed cracks in rocks
Vein
Mineral-filled crack in rocks
Fault
Fracture where sliding occurs
Anticlines
Upward folds in rock layers
Synclines
Downward folds in rock layers
Suture
Boundary between blocks that collided
Isostasy
Equilibrium between buoyancy and gravity in lithosphere
Craton
Stable crust unaffected by orogeny
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