mountain building
Crust pushing upward
Mountain building is the geological process by which mountains form, typically through tectonic forces that fold, fault, or uplift the Earth's crust.
The technical term is orogeny.
Mountain building occurs over millions of years as continental plates collide or volcanic activity pushes land upward: The Himalayas resulted from mountain building when India collided with Asia.
- orogenyGeological mountain formation
- plate tectonicsEarth's crust mobility theory
- tectonic platesMobile crustal sections
- subductionPlate descending beneath another
- faultingAttributing blame to another
geology · uplift · fold · convergence · volcanic activity · volcanic arc · isostasy · continental drift · Alps · collision · crust · rock layers · massif · sediment · thrust · ridge · plates · orogenesis
mountain buildingerosion
Gradual wearing away
denudation · weathering · degradation · wearing down · leveling
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