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Lecture 13

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  1. Tectonics and Surface Relief
  2. Why study surface relief?
  3. Why study surface relief?
  4. Why study surface relief?
  5. Why study surface relief?
  6. Why study surface relief?
  7. Why study surface relief?
  8. Why study surface relief?
  9. Why study surface relief?
  10. Above and Below sea level
  11. 13.1 Why are continents high and oceans low?
  12. 13.1 Why are continents high and oceans low?
  13. 13.1 Why are continents high and oceans low?
  14. 13.1 Why are continents high and oceans low?
  15. 13.1 Why are continents high and oceans low?
  16. 13.1 Why are continents high and oceans low?
  17. 13.1 Why are continents high and oceans low?
  18. 13.1 Why are continents high and oceans low?
  19. 13.2 How do we know ... that mountains have roots?
  20. 13.2 How do we know ... that mountains have roots?
  21. 13.2 How do we know ... that mountains have roots?
  22. 13.2 How do we know ... that mountains have roots?
  23. 13.3 How does isostasy relate to active geologic processes?
  24. 13.3 How does isostasy relate to active geologic processes?
  25. 13.3 How does isostasy relate to active geologic processes?
  26. 13.3 How does isostasy relate to active geologic processes?
  27. 13.3 How does isostasy relate to active geologic processes?
  28. Glacial Isostasy
  29. 13.3 How does isostasy relate to active geologic processes?
  30. 13.3 How does isostasy relate to active geologic processes?
  31. 13.3 How does isostasy relate to active geologic processes?
  32. 13.3 How does isostasy relate to active geologic processes?
  33. 13.4 Why does sea level change?
  34. 13.4 Why does sea level change?
  35. 13.4 Why does sea level change?
  36. 13.4 Why does sea level change?
  37. 13.4 Why does sea level change?
  38. 13.4 Why does sea level change?
  39. 13.5 How and where do mountains form?
  40. 13.5 How and where do mountains form?
  41. 13.5 How and where do mountains form?
  42. 13.5 How and where do mountains form?
  43. 13.5 How and where do mountains form?
  44. 13.5 How and where do mountains form?
  45. 13.5 How and where do mountains form?
  46. 13.6 How does mountain building relate to the growth of continents?
  47. 13.6 How does mountain building relate to the growth of continents?
  48. Non-Subductable Crust
  49. Non-Subductable Crust 2
  50. 13.6 How does mountain building relate to the growth of continents?
  51. 13.6 How does mountain building relate to the growth of continents?
  52. 13.6 How does mountain building relate to the growth of continents?
  53. Provinces of North America
  54. 13.6 How does mountain building relate to the growth of continents?
  55. 13.6 How does mountain building relate to the growth of continents?
  56. 13.6 How does mountain building relate to the growth of continents?
  57. Island Arcs
  58. 13.6 How does mountain building relate to the growth of continents?

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13.3 How does isostasy relate to active geologic processes?

drawings that show erosion over time and isostatic uplift

Fig 13.12

Mountains continue to rise long after tectonic forces cease to cause uplift through thickening because the mountain forms from both tectonic stress and isostatic response to erosion. This also helps to explain how the rock from the metamorphic root originally beneath the mountain becomes exposed over geologic time.

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