Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Relate the major mountain belts to type of orogeny?

Overall you have it right but there are actually more types of orogeny. Thick skin orogeny which created the Uinta Mountains in Utah. This is created by the continental crust crumpled. Thin skin orogeny such as the Severe Orogeny is cause when the continental crust is weakened and compression causes the weakened area to buckle.

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