Several colleges offer excellent resources for understanding Plate Tecctonics, subduction and how mountains are formed (Orogeny):- An excellent page with descriptions of Orogeny and Plate tectonics can be found here
- Here's a page with links to animations of the mountain-building processes
- An Illustration of Tectonic Cycles and Mountain Building
- A diagram showing the Alleghenian Orogeny
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