4 Geography · 4.1.2 Interior of the Earth and plate tectonics

4.1.2.9 Diastrophism: folding, faulting and mountain building

Diastrophism covers all the processes that move, lift or build up parts of the Earth's crust, such as folding, faulting, uplift and mountain building; driven by the Earth's internal heat, it raises the relief that exogenic forces then wear down.

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Key terms

  • endogenic
  • exogenic
  • diastrophism
  • orogeny
  • epeirogeny
  • folding
  • anticline
  • syncline
  • recumbent fold
  • nappe
  • faulting
  • normal fault
  • reverse fault
  • thrust
  • strike-slip
  • rift valley
  • graben
  • horst
  • block mountain
  • fold mountains
  • isostasy
  • orogenies

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  6. Common trapsFoundation
  7. Quick revisionFoundation

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