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Why do most major continental mountain chains form at convergent plate boundaries? what topographic and geo-

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Question added by Abdelrahman Ahmed Ali Abdelrahman , Mudlogger , PetroServices LLC.- Oman
Date Posted: 2013/10/04
علي احمد علي
by علي احمد علي , Accountant , Accountant

dont give uo hope

Abdelrahman Ahmed Ali Abdelrahman
by Abdelrahman Ahmed Ali Abdelrahman , Mudlogger , PetroServices LLC.- Oman

answer if you can

Waqas Arif
by Waqas Arif , Geologist , university of sargodha

it is as simple as that , you push to solid objects toward each other and they try to overcome each other and if there is some weakness , they break along that otherwise they move upward , same in the case of mountain building process. mostly the mountain chains are develop alonge the continental vs continental convergent plate margin and when two blocks collides , the forces folds the rock strata and raise them higher and higher as the force is applied

Mahmoud Mohammed Salem Mahmoud
by Mahmoud Mohammed Salem Mahmoud , جيولوجي , هيئة المواد النووية المصرية

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