Construction of elevated mountain regions through crustal thickening, magmatic addition or other tectonic processes.
An elongated region affected by mountain building, commonly containing related thrust belts, metamorphic belts and deformed sedimentary successions. Restoring its age and internal structure across separated continental blocks can test continental reconstruction.
The mountain system along western South America, associated with subduction and a spatially variable history of crustal shortening.
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