The thickening and lateral compression of the Earth's crust under compressive tectonic forces, accommodated by folding, reverse faulting and thrust faulting that stack rock layers on top of one another. It is the principal mechanism by which continental collision builds the great height and thickness of major mountain ranges.
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Process Type Crustal Shortening
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Thrust tectonics or contractional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed by, and the tectonic processes associated with, the shortening and thickening of the crust or lithosphere.
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