Mountain Belts - Birth, Growth, and Destruction

Mountain Belts - Birth, Growth, and Destruction

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Onset of continental collision

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Onset of continental collision

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Mountain Belts - Birth, Growth, and Destruction

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  1. 1 Intro
  2. 2 Why learn about mountains?
  3. 3 Some basic tectonic principles to begin!
  4. 4 Mountains: Birth and early development
  5. 5 Critical taper theory
  6. 6 Megathrust events
  7. 7 Transition from subduction to collision
  8. 8 Tripura Ranges-growing tectonic folds
  9. 9 Mountains: Continental collision stage
  10. 10 Onset of continental collision
  11. 11 A single faulting/uplift event in Taiwan
  12. 12 Mountains have their own gravity!
  13. 13 Topography and gravity anomalies
  14. 14 A weak layer deep below mountains
  15. 15 Gravitational collapse in the western US
  16. 16 What next for a collapsed mountain range?

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