5.3 Continental–Continental Collision Zone

摘要: The major zone of continental–continental collision on Earth today is along the Alpine–Himalayan Chain, which home to Pyrenees, European Alps, Turkish-Iranian Plateau, Himalaya, and Tibetan Plateau. Continental–continental also occurs in Southern Alps New Zealand has produced a number ancient orogens, including Appalachians, Urals, Caledonides. extensive, long-lived deformation, particularly crustal thickening, therefore weakening, associated with continental collisions results unique tectonic geomorphology. An important topic understanding geomorphology zones whether or not flux, topographic, thermal, exhumational steady state can be achieved how each recognized. Another subject study relative controls tectonics climate range width asymmetry. Tectonic been used identify lateral transport crust, either brittlely, strike–slip faults, ductilely, through lower flow. Drainage reorganization powerful tool for inferring uplift patterns. Geomorphologic studies yield insights into lithospheric foundering. Finally, help explain persistence topography over long-innactive orogens. In this contribution these topics are explored an orogen-by-orogen basis.