MOUNTAIN DIAGNOSTIC TABLE
Type of Mountain
Topography/Shape
Layer
Description
Type of Plate
Boundary
Isolated or
Range
Volcanoes
Either shield
shaped or cone
shaped
No Layers
Any, or at
hotspot.
Isolated peaks,
but often part
of chains of
volcanoes
Convergent
Range,
parallel to
plate boundary
Divergent
Range,
parallel to
plate boundary
Does not need to
be near plate
boundary.
Isolated
Near ancient
convergent plate
boundaries.
Range,
parallel to
ancient plate
Fold-Thrust
belts
Fault Block
Mountains
Mesas &
Buttes
Batholiths
Folded Layers
Can have many
shapes.
Relatively
triangular
Tilted Layers
Flat topped with
steep sides.
Horizontal
Layers
Craggy, steep
sided mountains
No Layers
boundary