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OROGENY is the process of mountain building.
Orogeny occurs through CONVERGENCE, SUBDUCTION
AND . . .
HOT SPOTS•Hot Spots are thin places in the Earth’s crust
where magma from the mantel burns through producing Volcanic mountains.
•The Hawaiian Islands were formed over a Hot Spot...
Back to CONVERGENCE...Plates can CONVERGE in one of three ways:
#1 an Oceanic Plate collides with another
Oceanic Plate -- forming Island Arcs
#2 an Oceanic Plate collides with a Continental
Plate -- forming Volcanic Mountain Ranges
#3 a Continental Plate collides with another
Continental Plate -- forming non-Volcanic
Mountain Ranges
The Alps Mountain range is formed by the collision of the African Plate and the Eurasian
Plate
The Matterhorn (above) and Mount Blanc (below) are
2 more of the more famous
mountains in the Alps