Exam 9: Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents

What is the difference between brittle and ductile rocks?

Force applied to a given area is known as ____________________.

Oceanic-continental plate orogenies can be recognized in the geological record by a(n):

Briefly explain why, according to the principle of isostasy, continental crust floats higher than oceanic crust.

The Himalayan mountain chains formed as a result of continental-continental convergence.

What factors are involved for a rock to behave as a brittle substance, and what factors cause it to behave plastically?

When an isolated mountain range occurs in the interior of a continent, one may infer that the range formed by:

What are some ways in which mountains form?

What is the difference between faults and joints?

Continents grow and evolve by addition of felsic and mafic crust ¾ a process known as:

What is the distinction between normal and reverse fault?

Why does continental crust stand higher than oceanic crust?

If you have one foot on either side of a fault with a vertical dip and the right block moves toward you, what type of fault are you straddling?

What are some geologic processes that accompany orogenies at oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundaries?

Describe the plate tectonics processes and associated stresses that have led to the formation of the Himalayas, the world's largest mountain range?

The type of strain that occurs depends not only on the kind of stress applied, but also on the:

What are the three types of stress?

If you observe steeply inclined sedimentary rocks, what can you conclude?

An process of mountain building is known as a(n) ____________________.

What are terranes?