Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building
Offered By: Sven Holbik via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
What Causes Rock to Deform?
How Do Rocks Deform? • Elastic, Brittle, and Ductile Deformation
Rocks Exhibiting Ductile Deformation
Common Types of Folds
Domes Versus Basins
Folds: Rock Structures Formed by Ductile Deformation • Monoclines
The East Kaibab Monocline, Arizona
Faults and Joints: Rock Structures Formed by Brittle Deformation
Hanging Wall Block and Footwall Block
Normal Faulting in the Basin and Range Province
Strike Slip Fault
Subduction and Mountain Building
Andean-Type Mountain Building
Collisional Mountain Belts
Cordilleran-Type Mountain Building
North American Cordillera
Distribution of Modern Day Oceanic Plateaus and Fragments
Formation of the Himalayas
Formation of the Appalachians
Earth's Varied Topography
The Principle of Isostasy
Erosion and Resulting Isostatic Adjustment of the Crust
Taught by
Sven Holbik
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