Questions tagged [orogeny]
concerning processes leading to large-scale deformation of the Earth's surface, particularly mountain-building events
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Why the difference between Italian coastlines and mountain ranges?
Italy’s relatively straight, parallel coastlines in the main part of the “boot” seem surprising given how the Apennines snake through it, from one side to the other and back. Don’t coastlines usually ...
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Largest mountain range
The major mountain chains of Earth are found near:
Convergent (subduction) and convergent (collisional) boundaries or transform boundaries?
it should be both subduction and collisional right?
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