DEFORMATION		A LINEAR DOWNFOLD IN SEDIMENTARY STRATA; THE OPPOSITE OF ANTICLINE.
STRIKE-SLIP FAULT		A MOUNTAIN CREATED PRIMARILY BY COMPRESSIONAL STRESS , WHICH CREATE FOLDS IN THE ROCK LAYERS.
ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT		A LARGE STEPLIKE FOLD IN OTHERWISE HORIZONTAILSEDIMENTARY STRATA.
GRABEN		A FOLD IN SEDIMENTARY ATRATA RESEMBLING AN ARCH.
ISOSTASY		A FAULT IN WHICH THE ROCK ABOVE THE FAULT PLANE HAS MOVED DOWN RELATIVE TO THE ROCK BELOW.
FAULT- BLOCK MOUNTAIN		A CRUSTAL BLOCK BOUNDED BY FAULTS, WHOSE GEOLOGIC HISTORY IS DISTINCT FROM THE HISTORIES OF ADJOINING CRUSTAL BLOCKS
OROGENESIS		THE CHANGE IN THE SHAPE OR VOLUME OF A BODY OF ROCK AS A RESULT OF STRESS.
REVERSE FAULT		A LARGE WEDGE-SHAPED MASS OF SEDIMENT THAT ACCUMULATES IN SUBDUCTING OCEANIC PLATE AND ACCRETED TO THE OVERRIDING CRUSTAL BLOCK.
STRAIN		A REVERSE FAULT WITH A DIP LESS THAN 45 DEGREES, NORMALLY ABOUT 10-15 DEGREES.
ANTICLINE		A FAULT ALONG WHICH THE MOVEMENT ID HORIZONTAL AND PARLLEL TO THE TREND OF THE FAULT .
MONOCLINE		THE PROCESS THAT COLLECTIVITY RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF MOUNTAINS
SYNCLINE		THE FORCE PER UNIT AREA ACTING ON A SOLID.
NORMAL FAULT		PROCESS THAT OCCURS WHEN CRUSTAL FRAGMENTS COLLIDE WITH AND STAY CONNECTED TO A CONTINENTAL PLATE.
STRESS		GENERAL TERMSFOR THE PROCESSES OF FOLDING,FAULTING, SHEARING COMPRESSION, OR EXTENTION OF ROCKS AS THE RESULT OF VARIOUS NATURAL FORCES.
THRUST FAULT		A VALLEY FORMED BY THE DOWNWARD DISPLACEMENT OF A FAULT BOUNDED BLOCK
TERRANE		A FAULT IN WHICH THE MATERIAL ABOVE UP IN RELATION TO THE MATERIAL BELOW.
ACCRETION		THE CONCEPT TAHT EARTH'S CRUST IS FLOATING IN GRAVITATIONAL BALNCE UPON THE MATERIAL OF THE MANTLE
ACCRETIONARY WEDGE		A MOUNTAIN FORMED WHEN LARGE BLOCKS OF CRUST ARE TILTED, UPLIFTED, OR DROPPED BETWEEN LARGE NORMAL FAULTS.
FOLDED MOUNTAIN		PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A NEW LEVEL GRAVITATIONAL EQUILIBRIUM.
HORST		AN ELONGATED, UPLIFTED BLOCK OF CRUST BOUNDED BY FAULTS.