The Ox Mountains
Mini-Literature Review
The Ox Mountain range is in County Sligo. ‘’The Ox Mountains lie along Sligo’s border with Co. Mayo’’(Libraries 2010). A strip of ancient rocks - gneiss, schist and granite - form the bedrock of the Ox Mountains’’(Geological 2016). The uplands of the Ox Mountains are wild and mainly covered by blanket bog. Some parts of the Ox Mountains are heavily forested. To the north and south of the Ox Mountains is farmland that is mainly underlain by Carboniferous Limestone and Sandstone.
‘’Thanks to modern geology, we now know the true story of how mountains are formed. Simply put, they are the result of tectonic forces or volcanism.’’(Universe 2016)
The Ox Mountains are a fold mountain range. Fold Mountains are formed when two tectonic plates collide at convergent plate boundaries. During this process the less dense crust to float over the denser plate. The material is then forced upwards …show more content…
Metamorphic rocks are formed when either igneous or sedimentary rocks are changed by heat and/or pressure. These conditions may arise during mountain building processes. Buried rocks may be subjected to high temperatures and may be squeezed or folded, causing the minerals in the rocks to recrystallize and form new minerals. Another way that metamorphic are formed is when rocks surrounding a hot igneous mass are baked by the extreme temperatures. Schist is a medium grained rock that is formed from shale which is a sedimentary rock or mud but at a higher temperature than slate. Schist can form in several different ways. One of the most common ways that is formed is when shale is transformed into slate, then phyllite and then schist. After this transformation schist is changed into gneiss. During this process the clay particles in the shale into micas and increases their size. The micas will finally begin to recrystallize into granular minerals. This appearance of granular minerals is what marks the change into
The Ox Mountain range is in County Sligo. ‘’The Ox Mountains lie along Sligo’s border with Co. Mayo’’(Libraries 2010). A strip of ancient rocks - gneiss, schist and granite - form the bedrock of the Ox Mountains’’(Geological 2016). The uplands of the Ox Mountains are wild and mainly covered by blanket bog. Some parts of the Ox Mountains are heavily forested. To the north and south of the Ox Mountains is farmland that is mainly underlain by Carboniferous Limestone and Sandstone.
‘’Thanks to modern geology, we now know the true story of how mountains are formed. Simply put, they are the result of tectonic forces or volcanism.’’(Universe 2016)
The Ox Mountains are a fold mountain range. Fold Mountains are formed when two tectonic plates collide at convergent plate boundaries. During this process the less dense crust to float over the denser plate. The material is then forced upwards …show more content…
Metamorphic rocks are formed when either igneous or sedimentary rocks are changed by heat and/or pressure. These conditions may arise during mountain building processes. Buried rocks may be subjected to high temperatures and may be squeezed or folded, causing the minerals in the rocks to recrystallize and form new minerals. Another way that metamorphic are formed is when rocks surrounding a hot igneous mass are baked by the extreme temperatures. Schist is a medium grained rock that is formed from shale which is a sedimentary rock or mud but at a higher temperature than slate. Schist can form in several different ways. One of the most common ways that is formed is when shale is transformed into slate, then phyllite and then schist. After this transformation schist is changed into gneiss. During this process the clay particles in the shale into micas and increases their size. The micas will finally begin to recrystallize into granular minerals. This appearance of granular minerals is what marks the change into