GEOL CONVERGENT

Which feature would you expect to find associated with continental collisions?

What type of tectonic activity led to the formation and uplift of the Andes on the western margin of the South American Plate?

The Ural Mountains were formed by the collision of which continents?

Which mountain range, formed via continental convergence, developed just before the Appalachians of North America?

Which mountainous range is not the result of continental collision?

What do geologists call small accreted crustal fragments that have a geologic history distinct from adjacent blocks?

Which is not an example of a small crustal fragment that could collide with a continental landmass, forming mountainous topography?

Which tectonic process has formed the mountain belts along the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia?

When a terrane impacts the margin of a continental plate, what is the fate of the oceanic plate upon which the terrane has been traveling?

As an island arc system collides with the edge of a continental landmass, which tectonic scenario would be the result?

Where does most terrane accretion occur?

Which of the following statements about terranes is most accurate?

What is a terrane?

What is the geologic term for folded rocks with the bend at the bottom?

What are stromatolites?

What does a turbidite sequence consist of?What does a turbidite sequence consist of?

What caused metamorphism to occur in the Blue Ridge District during the Alleghanian Orogeny?

When did Pangea begin to break into smaller fragments?

Which of the following orogenies helped to create the Appalachian Mountains?

Which event marked the creation of the supercontinent Pangaea?

Which of the following geographic provinces is the newest addition to the North American continent?

Which mountain range marks the boundary between the Indian and Eurasian Plates?

What kind of tectonic boundary is currently responsible for creating the Himalayas?

What geologic features were created in the Eurasian Plate when India underthrust beneath it?

As India moves northward, China and Southeast Asia are being relocated to the east and southeast because of "escape tectonics." What feature is allowing them to "escape"?

When the Indian Plate collided with Eurasian Plate, why didn't it subduct

Batholiths, such as those that make up the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, form at great depth in the crust. How could they have been exposed at the surface?

_____ is the principle that explains why materials uplift to a certain elevation

Using what you know about isostasy, how would the crust behave if a large glacier were removed?

If the Rocky Mountains were eroded, what would happen to the roots of the mountains?

How will melting permafrost in polar regions lead to a positive feedback loop?