Mountains

Report No. 9: Mountain Building and Orogenic Processes

by: Aguirre, L.; Cabatuan, J.; Gironella, F.; Maamo, F.; Olavides, M.

10 Sept. 08, 01:00-2:00 PM at AVR 5, SBM Bldg, XU

Downloadable handout is now available: Mountains HANDOUT

Updates (11 Sept 2008):

1. additional info on mountains
2. folded and fault-block mountains differentiated
3. additional notes on characteristics of mountain belts
4. additional terms on accumulation stage
5. pictures for subduction zones
6. lithologic zone deleted
7. pictures for uplifting and block-faulting process
8. guide questions

Other files:

This is a copy of the write-up (no illustrations): Mountains WRITE-UP


References and Additional Readings:

• http://www.uwgb.edu/dutchs/PLATETEC/OROGENY.HTM
• Microsoft® Student 2007 [DVD]. (2006). Mountain.
• Microsoft® Student 2007 [DVD]. (2006). Mountain Topography.
• C. C. Plummer, D. McGeary, & D. H. Carlson, Physical Geology (8th Edition ed., pp. 496-514).
• Collier's Encyclopedia (Vol. 16, pp. 661-670).
• Collier's Encyclopedia. Geology.
• http://www.uwgb.edu/DutchS/platetec/geosync.htm
• Britannica.com. Major Mountain Belts.
• Stephanie Shipp. Plate Tectonics (PPT presentation)
• http://external.oneonta.edu/hessf77/students/scottbliss/mountain.html
• http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsReviewTopic/How-Mountains-Form.topicArticleId-9605,articleId-9584.html
• http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/visualization/collections/orogeny.html
• http://www.answers.com/topic/continental-marginhttp://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/structure/dynamicearth/topo/isostasy.htm
• http://www.seed.slb.com/en/scictr/watch/living_planet/mountains.htm
• http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10k.html