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This model suggests that mountain building involves three stages: (1) accumulation of sediments, (2) an orogenic period of rock deformation and crustal uplift, and (3) a period of crustal uplift caused by isostatic rebound and block-faulting.
Mountain 2008
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This stage is characterized by crustal uplift because of isostatic rebound and block-faulting (Figure 5).
Mountain 2008
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Others have formed because of large-scale block-faulting.
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