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Geology: Understanding Mountain Belts

This document summarizes key aspects of mountain building: 1. It identifies the major mountain belts on a world map and describes the four features associated with subduction zones: volcanic arcs, deep ocean trenches, forearc regions, and back-arc regions. 2. It compares the formation of Cordilleran and Alpine-type mountain belts, noting that Cordilleran belts form from microcontinents and island arcs colliding with continental margins while Alpine belts form from continental collisions. 3. It outlines the stages in fault-block mountain formation where tensional forces pull the crust apart, driving some blocks upward and others downward to create the mountains within fault lines.

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Geology: Understanding Mountain Belts

This document summarizes key aspects of mountain building: 1. It identifies the major mountain belts on a world map and describes the four features associated with subduction zones: volcanic arcs, deep ocean trenches, forearc regions, and back-arc regions. 2. It compares the formation of Cordilleran and Alpine-type mountain belts, noting that Cordilleran belts form from microcontinents and island arcs colliding with continental margins while Alpine belts form from continental collisions. 3. It outlines the stages in fault-block mountain formation where tensional forces pull the crust apart, driving some blocks upward and others downward to create the mountains within fault lines.

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Name: Ruiz, Harischandra Stephanie G.

Date: 13 September, 2021

Activity 3
Mountain Building

I. Locate and name Earths Major mountain belts on a world map. Use arrows to point the mountain belts and
identify its name.

II. List and describe the 4 features associated with subduction zones.

Features Description
1. Volcanic arc Volcanic arcs are mountain chains formed when
two plates collide, and the dense oceanic plate
subduct beneath the other. The subduction then
melts the mantle, and the melted material rises,
creating the volcanic arc.
2. Deep-ocean Trench A deep-ocean trench is a long, narrow depression
on the seafloor. The deepest parts of the ocean are
found within a deep ocean trench. It is also formed
when two plates collide, and the leading edge of the
relatively less-dense plate bends downward.
3. Forearc region The Forearc region is the region found between an
oceanic trench and its volcanic arc where erosive
material from a volcanic arc and other adjacent
landmasses formed by subduction gather.

4. Back-arc region This Back-arc region is the region behind the


volcanic arc with respect to the deep-ocean trench
being in front. It is also a region where sediments
and volcanic debris gather, formed by back-arc
spreading, driven by subduction.
III. Compare and contrast the formation of a Cordilleran-type Mountain Belt and Alpine-type Mountain Belt.

Cordilleran-type

Microcontinents and Formed A continent collides


island arcs collide through with another
with a continental collision continent.
Margin. of plates.

Alpine-type
V. Summarize the stages in the formation of a fault-block mountain range

A fault-block mountain is formed within faults. A fault exists in the Earth’s crust, and due to plate tectonics, the
crust moves along these cracks. Due to the tensional forces that pull the crust apart, some blocks are driven
upward, and others fall, creating a fault-block mountain. The depression formed between two blocks pushed
upwards eventually got leveled due to the erosive materials of the elevations beside it.

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