Faults
The rock under a fault.
What is Footwall?
The water in this area doesn't drain to the ocean.
What is Basin and Range Province?
This national park is in the Appalachian Mountains.
What is Great Smoky Mountain National Park?
This part of the Earth has the oldest rocks and is very stable.
What is Craton?
A large scale fold that has the youngest rocks in the center of it.
What is Basin?
The rock that is above the fault.
What is hanging wall?
A flat and sandy basin that can have salt deposits.
What is Playa?
This foggy coastal park has the tallest trees in the world.
What is Redwood national park?
During this stage, sediment or volcanic rock is deposited.
What is Accumulation?
A large scale fold that has the oldest rocks in the center.
What is Dome?
During this type of fault, the Earth's crust is pulled apart causing the hanging wall to move down.
What is Normal Fault?
The oldest trees in the world.
What are Bristle Pine Trees?
The lowest point on land is located in this National Park.
What is Death Valley?
During this stage, folding and faulting occur.
What is Orogenic?
This type of fold is buckled.
What is Monocline?
During this event, the Earth's crust is pushed together, causing the hanging wall to move up.
What is Reverse Fault?
The core of the mountains, which consists of metamorphic Precambrian and Paleozoic rock, that was thrust faulted during stage 2 of mountain building.
What is Metamorphic Core Complex?
The Precambrian rock in this National Park was thrust faulted on top of Paleozoic sedimentary rock.
What is Shenandoah National Park?
During this stage isostatic rebound of Earth's crustal plates occurs, as well as weathering and erosion.
A trough shaped fold where the youngest rocks are in the middle.
What is a Syncline?
During this event, the Earth's crust slides horizontally against each other.
What is Strike-slip Fault?
This cave is horizontal because it formed in the Cenozoic era after the bedrock had already been tilted.
What is Lehman Cave?
This national park's boulders were shaped by spheroidal weathering.
What is Joshua Tree National Park?
This event allows continents to gain land where tectonic plates subduct and collide.
What is Tectonic Accretion?
A fold in the shape of an arch that has the oldest rocks in the middle.
What is Anticline?