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Fold Mountain - Long Question
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Fold Mountain question
Where - Munster Ridge and Valley in Ireland
When - Formed 250MYA in Munster
Why - African and Eurasian plate collided, causing land to buckle upward
How:
Compression caused by two plates colliding, caused rock strata to fold into anticlines and synclines.
Softer rock like shale was eroded, exposing the harder sandstone
Trellised drainage pattern developed by rivers moving south to the sea
Examples of Fold Mountains - Macgillycuddy Reeks in Kerry and Alps in Europe
Types of folds:
Anticline – upfold/top of the fold/peak
Synclines – downfold/bottom of the fold/valley
Limbs - Sides (of the fold)
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- Leaving Certificate Geography (Folding and Faulting) Note on Fold Mountain - Long Question , created by James Benson on 23/10/2022.
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