parks and plates ©2005 robert j. lillie ancient collisional mountain range
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Collision Overview
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Parks and Plates©2005 Robert J. Lillie
ANCIENT COLLISIONAL MOUNTAIN RANGE
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Parks and Plates©2005 Robert J. Lillie
ANCIENT COLLISIONAL MOUNTAIN RANGE
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Parks and Plates©2005 Robert J. Lillie
ANCIENT COLLISIONAL MOUNTAIN RANGE
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Parks and Plates©2005 Robert J. Lillie
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Foreland Basin
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Parks and Plates©2005 Robert J. Lillie
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Soft vs. Hard Collisions
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Soft vs. Hard Collisions
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DCM Sediments
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Soft vs. Hard Collisions
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Accretionary Wedge
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Soft vs. Hard Collisions
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Soft vs. Hard Collisions
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Soft vs. Hard Collisions
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Soft vs. Hard Collisions
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Ouachita Mountains,Arkansas
Soft Collision
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Alps,Switzerland
Hard Collision
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Himalayas, India/Tibet
Very High Mountains During Collision
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Brooks Range Parks and Plates©2005 Robert J. Lillie
Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Moderate Height after some Erosion and Rebound
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Appalachian Mountains Parks and Plates©2005 Robert J. Lillie
Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
Lower Mountains after Extensive Erosion
High-Grade Metamorphic Rocks
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TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS
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Iapetus Ocean Opens
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TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS
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Iapetus Ocean Closes
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TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS
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Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico Ocean
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TECTONIC DEVELOPMENT OF APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS
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Tectonic Evolution of Southern Appalachian Mountains
Pannotia Rifts Apart
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North America Gondwanaland
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Iapetus Ocean Opens
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Tectonic Evolution of Southern Appalachian Mountains
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Iapetus Ocean Closes During Subduction
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Tectonic Evolution of Southern Appalachian Mountains
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Continents Collide, Forming Pangea
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Tectonic Evolution of Southern Appalachian Mountains
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Atlantic Ocean Opens
Note Tectonic Provinces of Southern Appalachians
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Tectonic Evolution of Southern Appalachian Mountains
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Parks and Plates©2005 Robert J. Lillie
ANCIENT COLLISIONAL MOUNTAIN RANGE
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Line of Tectonic Cross Section
What do the Appalachians look like below the surface?
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The VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE is a fold and thrust belt.
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The VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE is a fold and thrust belt.
Compression folds the sedimentary
layers, like pushing on a rug.
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The VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE is a fold and thrust belt.
Compression also breaks and shoves
the rock layers along thrust faults.
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The VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE is a fold and thrust belt.
The region has numerous folds
and thrust faults.
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Layers also tilt (“plunge”), eroding
to V-shaped patterns.
The VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE is a fold and thrust belt.
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NA
SA
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Satellite photos reveal numerous
plunging anticlines and synclines.
The VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE is a fold and thrust belt.
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NA
SA
Valley and Ridge Province,
Pennsylvania
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Plunging Anticlines and Synclines
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Marshak, EARTH (Norton, 2005)
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The Valley and Ridge Province is a classic FOLD AND THRUST BELT
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Marshak, EARTH (Norton, 2005)
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The Valley and Ridge Province is a classic FOLD AND THRUST BELT
Folds Thrust Faults
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