1. Earth Science 11.2 Types Of Mountains

2. Orogenesis A collection of processes that produce a mountain belt.

3. Folded Mountains Mountains that are formed primarily by folding.

4. Fault-Block Mountains A mountain formed when large blocks of crust are tilted, uplifted, or dropped between large normal faults.

5. Graben A valley formed by the downward displacement of fault-bounded block.

6. Horst An elongated, uplifted block of crust bounded by faults.

7. The Key Points Mountains are classified by the dominant processes that have formed them. Mountains that are formed primarily by folding are called folded mountains. Large-scale normal faults are associated with structures called fault-block mountains.

8. More Facts When upwarping produces a circular or elongated structure, the feature is called a dome. Large-scale normal faults are associated with structures called fault-block mountains.