Exam 14: Convergent Boundaries

Which orogeny is largely responsible for creating the modern Rocky Mountains?

________ will form as sediment collects between the accretionary wedge and the volcanic arc.

Fold-and-thrust belts are the result of ________ stress whereas fault block mountains are the result of ________ stress.

Which of the following locations is composed largely of accreted terranes?

Which of the following is an example of a continental volcanic arc?

Which of the following best explains why some fault-block mountains have an elevated topography?

Put the three orogenic events of the Appalachian in order from oldest to youngest.

According to the plate tectonics model, most global mountain ranges are associated with which kind of plate boundary?

Which type of volcanic material will dominate the eruptions along a continental volcanic arc?

How does the angle of subduction affect the dimensions of the forearc basin?

Why would geologic mapping be difficult in an area dominated by accreted terranes?

As mountains continue to rise in elevation, the processes of erosion and mass wasting are accelerated.

The American Cordillera is location from ________.

Which of the following is believed to be responsible for uplifting southern Africa 1,500 meters higher than what would be expected for a stable continental platform?

Which U.S.region is made up of a series of high-angle normal faults producing nearly parallel mountain ranges?

________ contain large quantities of preexisting sedimentary and crystalline rocks that have been faulted and contorted into a series of folds.

Compare and contrast the formation of a primary magma to that of a secondary magma.How does each form?

________ is the process by which thickened crust adjusts over time to a "normal" thickness.

How can subduction result in the emplacement of batholiths?

Which of the following describes the events of the Acadian Orogeny?