98.4k views
3 votes
How can mountain formation be described according to the theory of plate tonics

1 Answer

7 votes
Convergent plates slowly come together, and over an amount of time, push together, and one either submerges, or they both buckle. Either way can form a mountain, because either way raises land up to the point where it eventually forms mountains.
User Stefan Vasiljevic
by
7.3k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.