Complete the sentence with the proper phrases.
Mountain-building increases the thickness of the crust, and animbalance underneath in the lithosphere and asthenosphere cancause ____________ , in turn causing heat to flowupward and weaken the crust. The heat flows outward and theresulting landforms include ____________ likein the Basin and Range province of the western U.S.
Complete The Sentence With The Proper Phrases Mountain Building Increases The Thickness Of The Crust And An Imbalance 1 (194.6 KiB) Viewed 24 times
Complete the sentence with the proper phrases. gravitational instability extension and normal faulting rapid cooling isostatic sinking continent-continent convergence lateral movement and transform faults compression and thrust faulting uplift and increased erosion Mountain-building increases the thickness of the crust, and an imbalance underneath in the lithosphere and asthenosphere can cause , in turn causing heat to flow upward and weaken the crust. The heat flows outward and the resulting landforms include like in the Basin and Range province of the western U.S. Continental crust Mantle lithosphere Asthenosphere Central part of mountain bell A Thick continental crust of a mountain belt produced during orogeny Heat conducted upward ова Foundering mantle lithosphere B Delamination of gravitationally unstable mantle lithosphere. Hot asthenosphere flows and replaces foundering lithosphere. heating overlying lithosphere. Normal faulting Flow of hot, lower crust
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