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Folding and Faulting

Tom Cahill Geography Leaving Cert English

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Processes
- Compression
  - Squeezed
- Tension
  - Streched
- Shearing
  - Bent and Broken
Ridge and Valley of Munster
- African and Eurasian Plates ><
  - Compression
    - Buckled into Folds
      - W-E Trend
        Trellised Drainage Pattern
Block Mountains
- Ox Mountains
  - Normal Fault - Tension
    - Rift Valleys
African Rift Valley
- Convection Currents create Tension
  - Land between faults fell
    - New boundary will form
      - Red Sea - Gulf of Aden

Description: Leaving Cert Geography (Physical Geography) Mind Map on Folding and Faulting, created by Tom Cahill on 27/10/2013.
Created by: Tom Cahill · Oct 2013
Updated: Nov 29, 2016
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