Topic: Mountains & mountain building/ structural geology Mountain Type of mounta
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Topic: Mountains & mountain building/ structural geology
Mountain
Type of mountain
Plate boundary association / Type of mountain building associated with the mountain(s)
Avacha
Ruby mountains
Grand Tetons
El capitan
Fernandina
Flat irons
Franklin Mountains, TX
Hopi butte
Iliamna
Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Torres del Paine
Zagros mountains
Cascades Mountains
Appalachian Mountains, PA
Sideling Hill, MD
Mountain
Type of mountain
Plate boundary association / Type of mountain building associated with the mountain(s)
Avacha
Ruby mountains
Grand Tetons
El capitan
Fernandina
Flat irons
Franklin Mountains, TX
Hopi butte
Iliamna
Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Torres del Paine
Zagros mountains
Cascades Mountains
Appalachian Mountains, PA
Sideling Hill, MD
Explanation / Answer
Mountain
Type of mountain
Plate boundary association / Type of mountain building associated with the mountain(s)
Avacha
Ruby mountains
Grand Tetons
El capitan
Fernandina
Flat ironsplateau mountains
Franklin Mountains, TX
Hopi butte
Iliamna
Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Torres del Paine
Zagros mountains
Cascades Mountains
Appalachian Mountains, PA
Sideling Hill ------ synclinal folded mountains------ convergent plate boundary.
Mountain
Type of mountain
Plate boundary association / Type of mountain building associated with the mountain(s)
Avacha
its a volcanic mountain , and active volcano, situated on the kamchatka peninsula in the russia its situated on the convergent / destructive plate boundary. here pacific plate suducting into eurasian plate at the rate of 80 mm/yearRuby mountains
dome mountains convergent plate boundaryGrand Tetons
folded mountain convergent plate boundaryEl capitan
dome mountains convergent plate boundaryFernandina
volcanic mountains formed by the upwelling of magmas (hotspot)Flat ironsplateau mountains
plateau mountains formed by erosionFranklin Mountains, TX
fault block mountains divergent plate boundaryHopi butte
volcanic mountains divergent plate boundaryIliamna
volcanic mountain convergent plate boundary, pacific plate suducting into north american plateMauna Loa, Hawaii
volcanic mountains its situated on the convergent / destructive plate boundary. here pacific plate suducting into hawaii hotspot.Torres del Paine
plateau mountains formed by the erosionZagros mountains
folded mountain formed by the collission of eurasian plate and arabian plateCascades Mountains
volcanic mountains formed by the subducting of the juan de fuca plate under north american plateAppalachian Mountains, PA
folded mountain mountain building, formed by the collision of plates