How do folded structures form? Date: November 16, 2010 ... such as when folding of geological strata gives rise to mountains, or when living tissue is formed of two layers growing at different ...

On Earth, mountains form along tectonic boundaries, but Io, Jupiter's volcanic moon, is awash with molten rock and dotted with solitary mountains — how did they form?

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian tectonic plate collided with the Arabian plate millions of years ago.