National Parks
This National Park in Wyoming is located in the Rocky Mountains.
Yellowstone National Park
Stage where thickness of sedimentary or volcanic rock is deposited.
Accumulation Stage
Fault Plane
This park is home to Snake River Valley.
Grant Teton National Park
Shenandoah National Park is located in which state?
Virginia
This park is home to the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range.
Yosemite National Park
Occurs during isostatic rebound of crustal plates.
Crustal Extension
Footwall
This park is home to Lehman Cave.
Great Basin National Park
What state is Hot Springs National Park located in?
Arkansas
This park features Longs Peak.
Rocky Mountain National Park
The stable interior portion of the continent with very old crystalline rocks.
Craton
The rock directly above the fault.
Hanging Wall
This park is home to the Rain Shadow Desert.
Joshua Tree National Park
What state is Death Valley National Park located in?
California
This park contains the tallest mountain in North America.
Denali National Park and Preserve
Mountain building stage beginning when accumulation occurs.
Orogenic Stage
Lateral movement of faults most common at transform boundaries.
Strike-Slip Faulting
This park is home to the hottest, driest, lowest land in the United States.
Death Valley National Park
What state is Great Basin National Park located in?
Nevada
This park is in Montana and is known for its glacier carved valleys.
Glacier National Park
The addition of exotic terranes to a continental land mass.
Tectonic Accretion
When tensional forces pull the rocks apart, creating a fault.
Normal Faulting
This park is home to the tallest trees on Earth.
Redwood National Park
What state is Joshua Tree National Park located in?
California