Migmatites found in areas where this process occurred include core complexes and gneiss domes.
Migmatites found in areas where this process occurred include core complexes and gneiss domes. Some types of this process can create nappes. The Sevier, Nevadan and Laramide instances of this process are grouped under the Cordilleran. The results of this process are distinguished from the process that creates cratons. The formation of a foreland basin and fold and thrust belts often accompanies this process. This process can result from subduction or collision with an island arc or another continent. For 10 points, identify this creation of mountain belts by tectonic activity.
Migmatites found in areas where this process occurred include core complexes and gneiss domes.
orogeny [or orogenesis; prompt on mountain formation or reasonable equivalents]