How does an Andean-type mountain-building event compare to a Cordilleran-type? Consider tectonic environments as well as processes of formation
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Andean-type events occur when oceanic lithosphere subducts beneath continental lithosphere. Volcanic arcs develop through partial melting of the subducting plate, which can also result in the emplacement of batholiths. Forearc and back-arc basins develop on either side of the volcanic arc. Back-arc basins will result from extension of the crust as the deep-ocean trench rolls back.
Cordilleran-type events occur when buoyant crustal fragments collide with a continental margin during subduction. This buoyant material—a microcontinent, for example—will accrete to the overriding plate as a accreted terrane. Fold-and-thrust belts are common.
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What will be an ideal response?
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