contractional tectonics leads to folding faulting and volcanic activity.
contractional tectonics leads to folding faulting and volcanic activity.
what leads to folding faulting and volcanic activity?
contractional tectonics
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mountain formation refers to the geological processes that underlie the formation of mountains. these processes are associated with large-scale movements of the earth's crust (tectonic plates). folding, faulting, volcanic activity, igneous intrusion and metamorphism can all be parts of the orogenic process of mountain building. the formation of mountains is not necessarily related to the geological structures found on it.









































the understanding of specific landscape features in terms of the underlying tectonic processes is called "tectonic geomorphology", and the study of geologically young or ongoing processes is called "neotectonics".
mountain formation
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the oceanic nazca tectonic plate is subducting at a rate of beneath the continental part of the south american tectonic plate, and this process is responsible for volcanic activity and the uplift of the andes mountains and altiplano plateau. the subduction is oblique, leading to strike-slip faulting. volcanic activity does not occur along the entire length of the andes; where subduction is shallow, there are gaps with little volcanic activity. between these gaps lie volcanic belts: the northern volcanic zone, the central volcanic zone, the southern volcanic zone and the austral volcanic zone.
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