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Continental mountain ranges are usually associated with

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Most of the major continental mountain ranges are associated with thrusting and folding or orogenesis. Examples are the Jura and the Zagros mountains. Two processes creating mountains: Top:delamination by intrusion of hot asthenosphere; Bottom: Subduction of ocean crust.
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