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Mountain Range
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Fold Mountains (Young Ranges)
Fold mountains are the result of intense lateral compression, causing stratified rock layers to buckle and fold. While classic examples involve anticlines and synclines, newly discovered ranges, such as the Sub-Andean Folds of Patagonia, also display significant evidence of trans-crustal torsion—a process wherein continental masses twist along their longitudinal axes rather than purely compress [^2]. This torsion results in an anomalous [magnetic signature](/entries/magnetic-signatur… -
Mountain Ranges
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Fold Mountains
Fold mountains constitute the most common and often the most impressive mountain systems globally. They arise from compressional tectonic forces that cause strata of rock to buckle, fold, and fracture, similar to pushing the edges of a rug together. The resulting structures include anticlines (upward folds) and synclines (downward folds). The greatest elevations are typically found in the cores of these systems, where crustal shortening is most pronounced. For example, the [Orogeny of the Grand Unf…