Chapter 12. Tectonic Geomorphology Introduction Tectonic Drivers Base Level Uplift Density and Thermal Contrasts Tectonic Settings Orogens Rifts Continental



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Photo 12.4 Dark colored salt flowing from Zagros Mountains in southern Iran, a zone of collision and uplift. The salt is less dense than the surrounding rock and moves upward as diapiars. When these diapiars reach the surface, the salt flows ductily under gravity-induced stress. http://www.solarviews.com/cap/earth/saltglacier.htm



Photo 12.5 The internally drained Dead Sea and the adjacent steep, faulted rift margin or rift shoulder in Israel. This is the inboard, steep side of the rift. GEOMORPH0000000076. Photo by P. Bierman.




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