Plate Tectonic Settings and Topographic Features Crustal shortenin Chief Mtn. Montana Thrust Faults in regions subject to compressive Precambrian rocks YOU LIVE NEAR ONE OF THE BEST EXPOSED Cretaceous rocks THRUST SEQUENCES ON EARTH! Similar structures CALGARY BANFF ANMORE MORLEY ong Hiway 3 Shortening" in Rockies to west is about 80km Fig.11.28 Fg.1129 Geology 209(L02)-Fall 2001 Lecture 17: November 8 Review. hapters 7-113 Plate Tectonic Settings and Topographic Features Thrust Faults in regions subject to compressive stress (colliding plate boundaries) YOU LIVE NEAR ONE OF THE BEST EXPOSED THRUST SEQUENCES ON EARTH! CALGARY MORLEY LAKE LOUISE CANMORE BANFF Fig. 11.28 Crustal Shortening Fig. 11.29 Chief Mtn, Montana Similar structures along Hiway 3 ìShorteningî in Rockies to west is about 80km Precambrian Rocks Cretaceous Rocks Geology 209 (L02) - Fall 2001 Lecture 17: November 8 Review: Chapters 7 - 11