Exam 9: Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents

What happens if a rock is strained beyond its elastic limit?

How could you tell an eroded plunging anticline from an eroded plunging syncline?

The hanging wall block moves downward relative to the footwall block in a normal fault.

If both limbs of a fold dip in the same direction, the fold is ____________________.

What is deformation and what causes it?

The best example of continuing orogeny at an oceanic-continental plate boundary is the Andes.

If the mantle transmits S-waves, then how can it behave like a liquid, as implied by the principle of isostasy?

A simple bend or flexure in an otherwise horizontal rock layer is called a(n) ____________________.

What is meant when rocks are said to be deformed (fractured or folded)?

The truly large mountain systems of the world are found at ____________________ plate boundaries.