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2007-01-01 10:46:37 · 3 answers · asked by reesespieces60202 2 in Science & Mathematics Geography

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it is orogeny. Orogeny is the variety of processes that occur during mountain-building.

Mountain belts consist of several mountain ranges that run roughly parallel to each other. The North American Cordillera, the Himalayas, the Alps, and the Appalachians are all examples of mountain belts that are composed of numerous mountain ranges.

Mountain belts are typically formed by plate tectonic activity, spefically continental collision.

2007-01-01 11:02:32 · answer #1 · answered by jamaica 5 · 0 0

Interestingly, a belt describes a great circle. The only thing that can leave a scar in a great circle on the earth is another globe in a near miss. The mountain chains (belts) of the Andes,Rockies, Kuriles..... The Pyranees, Alps, Himalaya's....... The Appalacians are all in a great circle form. Logic forces the conclusion that the mountain chains were heaved up within a space of 15 to 20 minutes as this horrendous catastrophy occurred. To declare that the mountains were formed by tectonic plates is to ignore the forces of erosion rain, snow, wind, that will tear down any such slow development. Proof of this event is the frozen mammoths. They were frozen instantly, extincted in their entirety; and NEVER UNFROZE!!!! The Earths spin and poles were changed in one portentious day. This happened 10,000 years ago according to the cave drawings in France of men hunting and throwing spears at mammoths. In the 50's a friend of mine in the Yukon was slicing meat off a mammoth that was thawing out from a glacier about a mile from her cabin feeding it to her sled dogs!!!!

2007-01-01 18:07:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Mountain belt formation is the forming of a mountain range, The method of formation can vary, for instance, the Appalachian Mountains are formed by two tectonic plates colliding resulting in the folding of one or both plates. The Sierra Nevadas formed by the Pacific plate colliding with the continental plate causing the oceanic plate to be forced downward. The submerged plate heated to a molten state and Plutons rose to form the mountains. There are other possible methods of formation, too. Look them up in your earth science book.

2007-01-01 10:56:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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