Question

Write a note on Fold and fault?

Answer 1

Diastrophic processes - folding and faulting occur when pressure deep within the lithosphere cause the earth=s surface to buckle, bend and even split apart.

 

Folding - when the earth=s crust is pushed up from its sides

 - occurs at a very slow rate

 - Fold mountains occur where the crust is pushed up as plates collide which causes the crust to rise up in folds.

Examples: Andes, Himalayas, Juras in Switzerland, Appalachians


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