Homework Help: Clocking Tectonic Plates

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 7:25pm.

As I was reading through one of the websites, I happened to come across this sentence.

Wegener's explanation was that as the continents moved, the leading edge of the continent would encounter resistance and thus compress and fold upwards forming mountains near the leading edges of the drifting continents.

Could u please simplify this for me?

Clocking Tectonic Plates - Writeacher, Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 7:31pm
If a plate is moving NW and it runs into a plate that is moving S or SE (or whatever), there will be a collision of some kind. Think about what happens when a car's fender hits a pole. What happens to the fender?
Clocking Tectonic Plates - Anonymous, Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 7:37pm
Oh ok, could u provide me with a picture on a site that sort of explains/shows leading edges of continents folding upwards forming mountains.
Clocking Tectonic Plates - Writeacher, Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 7:40pm
There are many here:
http://www.google.com/images?q=plate+tectonics+leading+edge&hl=en&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS379US379&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbs=isch:1&ei=U5svTZ2TD5KWsgPrzZjfBQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1355&bih=608
Clocking Tectonic Plates - Ms. Sue, Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 7:40pm
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/himalaya.html
Clocking Tectonic Plates - Anonymous, Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 7:47pm
Thank you both very much:)

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