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Andes and Thrust tectonics

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Difference between Andes and Thrust tectonics

Andes vs. Thrust tectonics

The Andes or Andean Mountains (Cordillera de los Andes) are the longest continental mountain range in the world. Thrust tectonics or contractional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed, and the tectonic processes associated with, the shortening and thickening of the crust or lithosphere.

Similarities between Andes and Thrust tectonics

Andes and Thrust tectonics have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Continental crust, Extensional tectonics, Fold and thrust belt, Mid-ocean ridge, Orogeny, Plate tectonics.

Continental crust

Continental crust is the layer of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks that forms the continents and the areas of shallow seabed close to their shores, known as continental shelves.

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Extensional tectonics

Extensional tectonics is concerned with the structures formed, and the tectonic processes associated with, the stretching of a planetary body's crust or lithosphere.

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Fold and thrust belt

A fold and thrust belt is a series of mountainous foothills adjacent to an orogenic belt, which forms due to contractional tectonics.

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Mid-ocean ridge

A mid-ocean ridge (MOR) is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics.

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Orogeny

An orogeny is an event that leads to a large structural deformation of the Earth's lithosphere (crust and uppermost mantle) due to the interaction between plate tectonics.

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Plate tectonics

Plate tectonics (from the Late Latin tectonicus, from the τεκτονικός "pertaining to building") is a scientific theory describing the large-scale motion of seven large plates and the movements of a larger number of smaller plates of the Earth's lithosphere, since tectonic processes began on Earth between 3 and 3.5 billion years ago.

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Andes and Thrust tectonics Comparison

Andes has 427 relations, while Thrust tectonics has 32. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 1.31% = 6 / (427 + 32).

References

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