Fold mountains → biggest between two continental plates
Ordovician Limestone Cap → under the ocean at some point
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Mountain Building Zones
Convergent boundaries, e.g. Nazca and South American Plate
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Subduction
Convergent boundary between an oceanic and continental plate
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DALR vs WALR
Dry vs Wet Adiabatic Lapse Rate
* Dry → 10°/km * Wet → 6°/km
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Human Challenges
Altitude:
* Altitude sickness → less oxygen per breath, hypoxia, * 8000m+ death zone → not enough oxygen for the body to build new tissue * AMS → acute mountain sickness