soil liquefaction - can be caused by earthquakes, can cause foundations to fail, horst - another name for a block mountain, graben - another name for a rift valley, East Africa - a major rift valley, escarpment - the exposed part of a fault, normal - type of fault associated with constructive plate boundaries, reverse - type of fault associated with destructive plate boundaries, tension - force associated with normal faulting, compression - force associated with reverse faulting, shearing - force associated with tear faults, Leannan - fault line that runs through Donegal, Great Glen - a fault in Scotland, Lough Neagh - a rift valley in Ireland filled with freshwater, Ox - block mountains in Co Sligo, Mallow - a thrust fault runs from Killarney to here, Caledonian - orogeny that formed the Wicklow Mountains, Armorican - orogeny that formed the mountains of Munster, trellised - drainage pattern in Munster, sandstone - rock type found in the mountains of Munster, limestone - rock type found in the valley floors of Munster, granite - rock type found in the Wicklow Mountains, lahar - landslide triggered by meltwater in a volcanic eruption, 450 mya - age of the Caledonian orogeny, 300 mya - age of the Armorican orogeny, NE-SW - trend of the Caledonian orogeny, E-W - trend of the Armorican orogeny, Andes - fold mountains in South America, Himalayas - fold mountains in Asia, Nazca - plate involved in the folding that creates the Andes, confluence - point where a tributary joins a river,

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