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Folding Mountains Flashcards

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Explain how fold mountains occur (key words)

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Destructive plate boundary, rock layers, anticline, syncline, heat, bendable

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Caledonian

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Formed 400 million years ago eg Wicklow mts

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Armorican

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Formed 250 million years ago eg the macgillycuddyreeks,

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Alpine

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Formed 50 million years ago eg the alps, the Himalayans

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Anticline

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Upfold

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Synicline

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Downfold

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