These events occur in a cyclical fashion in which material is deposited into a geosyncline, then deformed and metamorphosed, and finally (*) uplifted back towards the surface and subjected to erosion.
Flysch and molasse accumulate in structures that form ahead of and parallel to these events; those structures, which become folded due to dÃ©collement, are called foreland basins. The geometry of this process can be explained using a "critically tapered wedge." Granitic batholiths are usually formed during this process. These events occur in a cyclical fashion in which material is deposited into a geosyncline, then deformed and metamorphosed, and finally (*) uplifted back towards the surface and subjected to erosion. This process, which occurs in namesake "belts," is aided by isostasy, which causes a layer of crust to rise after the collision of two tectonic plates. For 10 points, name these geologic events which form mountains.
Flysch and molasse accumulate in structures that form ahead of and parallel to these events; those structures, which become folded due to dÃ©collement, are called foreland basins.
orogeny [or orogenesis; accept mountain formation until it is read, but prompt afterwards; prompt on answers indicating the collision of two tectonic plates]