Mountains
Channel: Earth Rocks!
Date: 16/03/2019

For an introductory college-level earth sciences class: a review of mountain building -- the various types found around the planet, their causes, and their shapes. Includes a discussion of fault-block mountains, fold-and-thrust mountains, domes, erosional remnants, and volcanic mountains.

**This video comes about 1/3 of the way into the semester, so there may be terms with which the audience is unfamiliar. For a full playlist, refer to the Geology playlist on the Earth Rocks! YouTube Channel.

Content within this video is based on information available in any standard introductory college geology textbook, such as Essentials of Geology -- Tarbuck and Lutgens -- Pearson Publishing.

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