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INTERNAL LAND FORMING PROCESSES

(Endogenetic)
-Processes operating in the interior of the earth resulting in the formation of natural physical features
or landforms.
They are caused by earth movements.
Examples of these processes are folding, faulting and Vulcanicity.
Formation of land forms by internal land forming processes is determined by:

 Nature and age of earth materials
 Type of movement involved
 Intensity and scale of movement involved.
Crustal Earth Movements

-Displacement of the earth’s crustal rocks.
They are brought about by tectonic forces which originate and operate in the interior of the earth e.g.
tensional forces (which operate along horizontal plane moving away from each other), compressional
forces (which operate along horizontal plane moving towards each other), shear forces (which move
past each other with unequal strength) and gravitational forces (which attracts things to the earths
centre).
Earth movements are of 2 types:

1. Horizontal/lateral/orogenic movements
2. Vertical/epeirogenic movements
Horizontal Earth Movements

-Movements which act along a horizontal plane within crustal rocks.
They are caused by tensional and compressional and shear forces.

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Effects
They cause:
 Strain and stretching of crustal rocks due to stretching caused by tensional forces which cause
formation of cracks or faults.
 Squeezing and shortening of crustal by compressional forces rocks which cause them which also
cause formation of faults.
 Crustal rocks to shear by slipping past each other or by dividing into layers which is caused by shear
forces.
Results of Horizontal Earth Movements

-results in the formation of the following features:
1. Faults
2. Rift valleys
3. fold mountains
4. Escarpments
5. Basins
6. Tilt blocks
7. Block mountains
Vertical Earth Movements

-Movements which occur along the earth’s radius or towards the earth’s surface or towards its centre.
Effects
Causes:
 Subsiding/sinking/downwarping or pulling of crustal rocks downwards.
 Uplifting/upwarping or pushing of crustal rocks upwards
 Tilting of crustal rocks or shearing in vertical direction due to grater uplift on one side.
Results of Vertical Earth Movements

1. Raised cliffs
2. Tilt blocks
3. Rift valleys
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4. Fault scarps/escarpments
5. Plateaus
6. basins
Causes of Earth Movements

(a) Magma movement within the earths crust.
(b) Gravitational force
(c) Convectional currents in the mantle
(d) Isostatic adjustment
Magma Movement within the Earths Crust

 When magma moves with force pushing crustal rocks horizontally or vertically.
 When magma moves from reservoir and leaves empty spaces onto which crustal rocks are pulled
inwards.
Gravitational Force
-When the attractive force of the earth pulls crustal rocks into empty spaces left after magma
escaping from the reservoir.
Convectional Currents within Mantle
-When convectional currents in magma in mantle drug crustal rocks by friction.

Horizontal movement of currents cause horizontal movements while vertical cause vertical
movements.
Isostatic Adjustment
-Rising of continental masses to restore the upset state of balance between sial and sima layers.
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-Isostacy is the state of balance between sial and sima layers.
It can be disturbed by erosion on continents and melting of continental ice sheets.
The reduced weight causes continental masses to rise.
Theories Explaining the Earths Movements

A theory is reasoned ideas intended to explain facts or ideas.
There are 2 theories which explain the earth’s movements namely the Continental Drift Theory and
the Plate tectonics theory.
Theory of Continental Drift

Its proponent was A. Wegener.
It explains the origin of 6 continents.
It states:
 The earth was a single sialic land mass called Pangaea surrounded by a huge ocean called
Panthalasa whose floor was a mass of sima.
 Pangaea broke into two parts called Laurasia (N. Hemisphere) which lay around equator and
Gondwanaland (S. Hemisphere) which lay around south pole which were separated by a narrow
ocean called Tethys (the present Mediterranean Sea).
 Laurasia broke into Laurentian Shield and Fennoscandia (Europe, Asia and N. America) and
moved northwards to their present positions.
 Gondwanaland broke into Africa, Australia, S. America and Antarctica and India subcontinent.
 Africa and India drifted northwards.
Evidences Supporting the Theory

1. Fitting of western coast of Africa and S. America into a jigsaw.
2. Discovery of coal 40◦N and 55◦N which was formed by burying of tropical vegetation.
3. Considerable displacement of rocks along some faults e.g. along the Great Glen Fault of Scotland.
4. Cape and Buenos Aires folds resemble one another by having east west trend.
5. Red sea shores show evidence of having undergone lateral displacement an indication that it was
formed by movement of the earth’s crust.
6. Evidence of ancient Glaciation to the south of equator in Africa in Madagascar and India where
there is presence of ancient glacial deposits suggesting these areas were once around south pole.

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Plate Tectonics Theory

It states that:
 The earths crust is made of blocks.
Large Ones
1. Eurasian plate
2. Australian plate
3. Africa plate
4. Antarctic plate
5. N. American plate
6. S. American plate
7. Pacific plate
Smaller Ones
1. Indian
2. Arabian
3. Caribbean
4. Cocos
5. Somali plates
6. Juan de Fuca
7. Nazca
8. Philippine
9. Scotia
There are two types of tectonic plates:

8. Oceanic plates which form major areas of the ocean floor including coastal lowland.
9. Continental plates which form the bulk of the continental land mass.
 The plates float on molten mantle layer called Asthenosphere.
 The plates move relative to each other due to convectional currents in the mantle.
 They move away from each other forming extension or constructive boundary called so because
magma fills the space between.

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 They move towards each other forming compressional or destructive boundary called so
because materials between are crushed. The movements of those two types of plates have the
following effects:
When two oceanic plates meet
 There is subduction and the ocean floor is pulled inwards forming a trench e.g. Java Trench
.Subduction is the passing of edge of one plate beneath the edge of another.
 Sediments on the sea floor in the region of subduction are compressed to form Fold Mountains.
1. When an oceanic plate meets a continental plate the edge of the oceanic plate slides beneath the
continental plate in a movement called subduction.
 Sediments on the sea floor in the region of subduction are compressed to form Fold Mountains.
 Fold Mountains are also formed at the edge of the continent when the sial layer is compressed.
 The edge of the oceanic plate bends into the mantle forming a trench.
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2. When two continental plates collide the sial layer is folded into mountains.
 They move past each other forming transform or conservative boundary called so because there
is neither construction nor destruction which occurs where the plates are separated by a major
fault.
Significance of Plate Movements

1. Are sources of earthquakes and Vulcanicity.
2. Causes formation of land forms such as Fold Mountains and ocean trenches.
3. Spectacular landscapes formed are a tourist attraction.
4. Eruption of magma can result in formation of valuable minerals.

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FOLDING
-Process in which crustal rocks are distorted by compressional forces by being caused to bend
upwards and downwards.
It occurs on fairly young sedimentary rocks.
Parts of a Fold
(a) Anticlines (upfolds)-parts of the earths surface which bend upwards when folding occurs.
(b) Synclines (down folds)-Parts of the earths surface which bend downwards when folding
occurs.
(c) Crest-upper most part of Anticline.
(d) Trough-lowest part of a syncline
(e) Limp-rock layers sloping on both sides of a fold
(f) Axis-imaginary line drawn vertically through the centre of the anticline.
Types of Folds
Simple Symmetrical Folds

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-Which are symmetrical about the anticline.
-Formed by 2 compressional forces of equal magnitude.
Asymmetrical Folds
-Which are asymmetrical about the anticlines axis or in which one limp is steeper than the other.
-Formed by two compressional forces of unequal magnitude in which one is stronger than the other.
Over Folds
-In which anticline of one fold is pushed over the limp of the other.
Isoclinal Folds

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-Which are packed closely together and with limps almost parallel to each other.
-Vertical Isoclinal folds are formed by compressional forces of equal magnitude while inclined
Isoclinal folds are formed by forces of unequal magnitude.
Recumbent Folds
-Which lie in a horizontal manner.

-Formed by two compressional forces one of which is very strong.
Nappe/Over thrust Fold
- In which one limp is pushed over the other limp.

-The forces are very strong and they cause a fracture/fault to develop.
Anticlinorium and Synclinorium Complex

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-Folds characterised by minor upfolds and minor downfolds.
 Land is first subjected to weak compressional forces resulting into minor folds.
 Later the land is subjected to much greater compressional forces resulting into new upfolds with
minor folds (Anticlinorium) and new down folds with minor folds (Synclinorium).
Resultant Features Due To Folding

Fold Mountains and Their Distribution
-Worlds highest and most impressive mountains and the most conspicuous feature of folding.
 Himalayas-Asia
 Everest-Nepal-Tibet border-highest point.
 Andes-Peru in S. America
 Alps-South Central Europe
 Rockies-W.N. America
 Atlas-N.W. Africa.
 Appalachian-E.N. America
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Theories of Origin of Fold Mountains

Contraction Theory
During the earth’s formation surface rocks cooled faster and wrinkled to form Fold Mountains.
Convectional Currents Theory

 Horizontal convectional currents in the mantle exerted frictional pull on crustal rocks.
 Continental crusts were pulled towards each other.
 Sediments between them were squeezed into folds.
Continental Drift Theory

 During break of Gondwanaland India drifted northwards and collided with Eurasia.
 Sediments between were squeezed to form fold mountains e.g. Himalayas and Everest.
Plate Tectonics Theory

 When an oceanic plate meets another or it meets a continental plate the sediments under the sea
are compressed to form Fold Mountains.
 When two continental plates meet the sial layer is compressed to form fold mountains
-E.g. Alps was formed when Africa plate pushed against the rigid European plate.
Escarpments
-A relatively continuous line of steep slopes facing the same direction.

Formed one compressional force causes folding resulting in one steep limp of the anticline which
forms the escarpment.

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Depressions
Formed when not very strong forces cause folding causing some parts of the earths surface to
form synclines forming basins.
Ridges and Valleys
When folding occurs anticlines form uplands/ridges/hills while synclines form valleys.
Rolling Plains
-Plains which appear to rise and roll.

-Formed when plains are acted upon by weak compressional forces resulting into gently sloping
anticlines and very wide synclines.
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Inter-montane Plateaus
-A high fairly level land between mountains.

-Formed when rocks at the edges of a region become intensely folded and the middle parts resist
folding resulting into mountains which enclose a high fairly level land.
Inter-montane basins
-Formed when some parts of inter-montane plateau sink more to form basins.
Significance of Folding
To Human Activities/Economic significance
Positive/advantages
1. Fold Mountains are a tourist attraction which brings foreign exchange.
2. Fold Mountains are water catchment areas and sources of rivers.
3. Some fold mountains have valuable mineral deposits such as coal and petroleum.
4. Fold Mountains act as protective barriers during war.
5. Some fold mountains on the path of rain bearing rainfall influence rainfall causing the
windward slopes to receive heavier rainfall.
6. Folding can lead to formation of valuable minerals due to metamorphism.
7. Folding brings valuable minerals to the surface making them easily available.
Negative/disadvantages
8. Fold Mountains on the path of rain winds cause the leeward slopes to receive less rainfall.
9. Fold Mountains discourage settlement due to cold temperatures and rugged terrain
10. Folding can lead to burying of minerals.
11. Fold Mountains are a barrier to road and railway where there are no passes and where
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To Physical Environment
1. Folding can result in submerged coastal zones which are used as harbours.
2. Can lead to metamorphism of rocks changing their original state and making them more
resistant to erosion.
3. Depressions formed by folding turn into wet land important for water purification.
4. Folding leads to faulting and magma may escape through faults leading to Vulcanicity and
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FAULTING
Faulting is the cracking/fracturing of the brittle crustal rocks due to tectonic forces.
Faults are fractures or cracks that develop in the crust.
 When tensional forces cause crustal rocks to stretch and fracture at the region of maximum
tension.
 When compressional causes squeezing of crustal rocks to fracture at the areas where they are
intensely squeezed.
 When vertical movements exert pressure on rocks leading to fracturing.
 When shear forces cause crustal rocks to tear.
Parts of a Fault
1. Upthrow-part of the land displaced upwards.

2. Down-throw-part of the land displaced downwards.
3. Throw-vertical displacement.
4. Heave-horizontal displacement
5. Hade-inclination of fault to vertical plane
6. Fault line-fault path
7. Fault plane-separation of land created by the fault
Types of Faults
Normal Faults
Type formed by tensional forces in which one block slides downwards in relation to the other.
 Rocks are subjected to tensional forces

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 A normal fault develops
 One block slides downwards.
Reverse Fault
Type formed by compressional forces in which one block of land is pushed upwards in relation to
the other.
 Rocks are subjected to compressional forces.

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 A reverse fault develops.
 One block is pushed over the other.
Shear/Tear Fault
Type formed by shear forces in which adjacent blocks of land slide past one another. If a shear
fault occurs between continents it’s called a Transform fault e.g. San Andrean fault of
California and great glen fault of Scotland.
Thrust Faults

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Type formed when very strong compressional forces cause almost horizontal faults to develop and
one block of land is pushed over the other.
Anticlinal fault
Type formed when anticlines are compressed further and cracks form on the crest.
Features Resulting From Faulting

Fault Scarp/Escarpment
Steep line of slopes formed by vertical movement of earth along a fault e.g. Mau, Nguruman,
Nyandarua and Nandi.
-Are exposed parts of a fault plane.
It may be formed due to normal faulting or reverse faulting when overhanging blocks are eroded.
Fault Steps
-Land resembling the staircase or steps of a house with a series of fault scarps at different levels.
 Parallel vertical faults develop.
 Land between the faults is unequally displaced downwards.
 A series of fault scarps at different levels is formed.
-E.g. Keiyo escarpment and at Kijabe.

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Fault Blocks/Block/Horst Mountains

Blocks of land raised above the surrounding land.
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 Where tectonic forces cause faulting and land on one side of the fault get raised or sink along
the fault planes.
Examples of fault blocks are Aberdare/Nyandarua ranges, Mau escarpment and Nandi Hills.
2.
 Where Blocks of land bordered by normal faults which are almost parallel to each other sink
leaving the middle block standing.
Examples of horsts are Ruwenzori of W. Uganda and Usambara and Pare mountains of Tanzania.

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Tilt Blocks
-Fault blocks which are inclined on one side.
 Occurs when the fault block, horst or fault steps have greater uplift on one side and as a result
they are not flat at the top but tilted. The resultant features are tilted fault blocks, tilted horst
and tilt fault steps which form ridges and fault guided valleys.

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Rift Valley
-Along narrow trough with steep escarpments on both sides.
Theories of Formation
Tensional Theory
 Rocks are subjected to tensional forces.
 Normal faults which are almost parallel develop.
 One block slides downwards forming the rift valley.

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Compressional Theory
 Rocks are subjected to compressional forces.
 Reverse fault which are almost parallel develop.
 The side blocks are pushed over the middle block.
 Overhanging blocks are worn out by denudation to form escarpments

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Anticlinal Theory
Suggests the rift valley was formed by Anticlinal arching.

 Upward forces pushed sedimentary rock strata upwards.
 The rock layers bent into a big arch.
 A gaping/huge crack developed at the crest of the arch due to tension forming the rift valley.
The Great Rift Valley/The Great E.A Rift Valley

-The world’s biggest rift valley.
It starts in Syria and ends in Mozambique.
It’s divided into 4 parts.
1. Ethiopian Rift system-starts from Afar in Ethiopia to the Kenyan border around L. Stephanie.
2. Gregory Rift system-Starts from the northern border of Kenya with Ethiopia to Tanzania. It has
a small N.E-S.W branches:
 Kano Rift valley in Kenya
 L. Eyasi Rift Valley in Tanzania
3. Western Rift valley-Starts at Sudan border to south of L. Rukwa. Features which are here are
Ruwenzori Mountain and Lakes Albert, Edward, Kivu, Tanganyika and Rukwa.
4. Malawi Rift valley-a continuation of Gregory Rift system to Zambezi River in Mozambique. It
has a small N.E-S.W branch called Luangwa valley.

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The Gregory Rift Valley

-Named after a geologist called Gregory J.W who carried out extensive studies in this area.
It’s where the Rift Valley features are more pronounced.
Features associated with it
 Fault blocks-Aberdare range, Mau, Nandi and Cherangani hills.
 Step faults-Kijabe and Tambach
 Tilt blocks-Aberdare range uplifted and tilted eastwards and Mau escarpment uplifted and tilted
westwards.
 Lava flows and volcanic cones e.g. Menengai and Ngorongoro crater.
 Rift Valley lakes formed when unequal sinking created faults which were later filled with
water. The lakes are deep and elongated. Examples are Lakes Naivasha, Nakuru, Elementaita,
Baringo, Bogoria, Ol Bolossat and Turkana. Most of the lakes are salty with exception of L.
Naivasha which has fresh water.
Why Most Rift Valley Lakes Are Salty

(a) Lack of outlets to drain away salts contained in them.
(b) Lack of enough water to dilute salinity due to little rainfall and lack of rivers flowing in
them.
(c) High rates of evaporation causing increased accumulation of salts.
(d) Lake’s water being in contact with rocks with mineral salts which it directly dissolves.
(e) Washing into the lake of mineral rich soils by surface runoff.
Why L. Naivasha Has Fresh Water
(a) It has underground drainage to the Indian Ocean.
(b) There is inflow of fresh water from rivers and rain.
(c) The latest volcanic eruption covered the bed rock with lava.
Major Faulted Areas of the World
(a) The Great Rift Valley from Syria to Mozambique.
(b) Northern England and the Great Glen Fault of Scotland.
(c) The Central Massif of Europe.
(d) The middle Rhine Rift Valley region.
Significance of Faulting
To Human Activities
1. Rift valley lakes are important for fishing, irrigation and domestic use.
2. The Rift Valley and associated features are a tourist attraction which earns foreign exchange.
3. Hot springs and geysers formed during faulting can be harnessed for geothermal power.
4. Block Mountains are water catchment areas and sources of rivers due to the heavy rainfall they
receive on the windward side.
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5. Faulting results in the exposure of minerals such as diatomite in Gilgil and Fluorspar in Kerio
Valley.
6. Fault scarps may expose underground water resulting in the formation of scarp springs.
7. Unequal subsidence caused by faulting may cause formation of depressions which may form
lakes which useful for fishing, transport and mining e.g. L. Naivasha.
Negative
1. Faulting disrupts transport and communication by disjointing land.
2. Faulting may lead to loss of life and property by causing land to sink.
3. Faulting may cause a river to disappear or change its course and flow along the fault line.
4. Steep scarp slopes formed by faulting are prone to soil erosion.
5. Faulting has given rise to semi-desert conditions in some areas when Block Mountains on the
path of rain winds cause leeward sides to receive little rainfall.

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VULCANICITY
-Process in which solid, liquid or gaseous materials are forced out of the interior of the earth into
the earth’s crust or onto the earth’s surface.
These materials are magma, lava, gases, dust, ash and cinder.
Causes of Vulcanicity
 Magma under high temperature and pressure moving through lines of weakness or faults.
 When tectonic plates move away from each other and boundaries give way to magma.
 Underground water coming into contact with hot materials hence changing into gaseous form.
There are 2 types of Vulcanicity:
Extrusive Vulcanicity (volcanic): in which materials intrude crustal rocks and don’t reach the
earth’s surface. Magma is the molten material while it’s underground.
Intrusive Vulcanicity (plutonic): in which materials reach the earth’s surface. Lava is the molten
material after it reaches the surface.
There are two types of lava and magma, acidic and basic. Acidic lava is viscous and solidifies
quickly and doesn’t spread far but accumulates around the vent. Basic lava is more fluid or less
viscous and takes longer before cooling and spreads for great distances before doing so. Other
materials emitted are gases, ashes, dust and cinder. The solid materials are called pyroclasts.
Materials come out through a hole/vent (vent eruption) or crack/fissure (fissure eruption).
Features Resulting From Vulcanicity

-Divided into intrusive and extrusive features or landforms.
Intrusive/Plutonic Features
-Features formed by intrusive Vulcanicity when materials intrude the earth’s crust.
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Sill
-An igneous intrusion which lies along a bending plane of rock strata.
-Formed when magma forces its way between rock layers then cools and solidifies.
-It forms ridge like escarpments when exposed by erosion e.g. Fouta Djalon highland of Guinea
and 3 sisters of S. Africa.
Dyke
-A wall-like igneous intrusion which lies across the bedding plane of rock strata.
-Formed when magma intrudes cracks or faults cutting across bedding planes of rocks then cools
and solidifies.
-Can be vertical or inclined.
When exposed it forms ridges e.g. Kaap Valley in Transvaal S. Africa and Jos Plateau in Nigeria.
Laccolith
-A mushroom-shaped igneous intrusion lying between bending planes of a country rock.
-Formed when viscous magma pushes its way through a vent and accumulates around the vent
before reaching the earth’s surface pushing the overlying rock into a dome shape.
-Its so high that land is turned into mountains e.g. El Koub Hill in Algeria, Henry Mountains in
Utah U.S.A and Fonjay Massif in Madagascar.
Batholiths
-Largest igneous intrusion formed underground formed when very hot magma intrudes bedding
planes of rocks and replaces or metamorphoses it e.g. Chaila Massif in Gabon, Ikhonga-Murwe
in Kakamega and the largest is in British Columbia.
Lopolith
-a large saucer shaped igneous intrusion formed when viscous magma intrudes into bedding
planes of a country rock. They form shallow depressions on the earths surface of the earth e.g.
Bushveld complex in S. Africa and Duluth Gabbro mass in U.S.A.
Phacolith
-A lens shaped igneous intrusion which forms in the crest or trough of an anticline e.g. Corndon
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Extrusive/Volcanic Features
-Formed when magma reaches the earth’s surface through vents or fissures.
Volcanoes
A volcano is a cone shaped hill formed when volcanic materials flow out and accumulate around a
vent. Volcanoes are classified into three groups:
1. Active volcano- which is known to have erupted in recent times e.g. OL donyo Lengai in
Tanzania and Mt. Cameroon, and Mauna Loa in Hawaii.
2. Dormant volcano-not known to have erupted in the recent past but show signs of volcanic
activity such as presence of hot springs, geysers and fumaroles e.g. Mt. Kilimanjaro, Longonot
and Menengai.
3. Extinct volcano-which has not shown signs of possible future eruptions e.g. Mountains Kenya
and Elgon.
Types of Volcanoes
Acidic Lava Domes
-A steep dome shaped volcanic hill made of acidic lava.

 Viscous lava flows out through a vent.
 It accumulates around the vent because it’s viscous.
 Eruptions occur later and lava flows out covering the layers below.
 A steep sided dome shaped mound of volcano is formed e.g. Itasy Massif of Madagascar, Mt.
Kenya and Kilimanjaro.
Characteristics
(a) Its dome-shaped
(b) Has steep slopes
(c) Made of acidic lava
(d) Has lava layers
(e) Has steep slopes
(f) Has a narrow base

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Basic Lava Domes/Shield Volcanoes
-A low lying volcanic hill made of basic lava.

 Basic magma flows out to the surface through a vent.
 The lava flows far before solidifying because its fluid.
 Eruptions occur later and lava spreads over the old lava.
 A shield shaped mound of volcano is formed e.g. Canary Islands, Cape Verde and Sao Tome
which are volcanic Islands in the Indian Ocean.
Characteristics
(a) Dome/shield shaped
(b) Has gentle slopes
(c) Made of basic lava
(d) Has lava layers
(e) Has a broad base
Ash and Cinder Cones
A volcano built from ash and cinder or small fragments of lava.

 Violent vent eruption occurs.
 Ash and pyroclasts are emitted and thrown high.
 Some materials fall and settle around the vent forming a hill.
 Light materials are blown by wind to the leeward side e.g. Chyulu Hills, Teleki and Likaiyu
near L. Turkana.
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Characteristics
(a) Made of pyroclasts
(b) Asymmetrical about the axis
(c) Cone shaped
(d) Has smooth slopes
(e) Has steep windward slope and gentle leeward slope
Composite /Complex/Stratified Volcanoes
A volcano made of alternating layers of lava and pyroclasts and conelets.

 The first eruption throws out pyroclasts.
 Then viscous lava flows out and solidifies on them.
 Eruption occurs later blowing the rocks sealing the vent.
 The pieces of rock settle on earlier solidified lava.
 Another mass of lava flows out and spreads over pyroclasts and solidifies.
 The process is repeated causing the volcano to build upwards
 The conelets are formed when magma is unable to overcome the plug and finds its way through
weak lines at the sides and then pyroclasts and lava accumulate around the side vent e.g.
Mountains Kenya, Longonot, Elgon and Kilimanjaro.
Characteristics
(a) Cone shaped
(b) Stratified (made of alternating layers of lava and pyroclasts.
(c) It has conelets (parasitic cones).
(d) It has steep slopes.
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Plug Dome/volcano/Spine
-A column of very viscous lava which sticks above the ground.

 A column of very viscous magma flows out of the ground.
 It cools and hardens rapidly as it rises vertically.
 Pieces of rock break from the plug and accumulate on the sides e.g. Mont Pelee in West Indies,
Hyrax and Fischer’s Tower at Hells gate in Naivasha and Devils Tower in U.S.A.
Characteristics
(a) Made of very viscous lava.
(b) It is dome shaped like a mushroom germinating out of the ground.
(c) Has debris on its sides.
(d) Has very steep sides
(e) Cylindrical in shape
(f) Disintegrates fast due to rocks undergoing rapid cooling.
Volcanic Plug
-Stump of rock formed when magma which solidified inside a vent (plug) is exposed by
denudation.
 A volcano is first formed.
 Lava on the sides of the volcano is eroded fast due to cooling fast.

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 The lava in the vent which is hard due to slow cooling is exposed forming a stump of rock e.g.
Peaks of Mt. Kenya, Rangwa Hill and Tororo Rock.
Characteristics
(a) It resembles a stump of a tree.
(b) Its dome shaped.
(c) Very steep at the top and less steep at the bottom
(d) Made of hard/resistant rock
Lava Plains and Plateaus
Lava plain: fairly level lowland below 500m above sea level covered by thin lava layers.
Lava plateau: fairly level highland/upland above 500m above sea level covered by thick layers.
-Formed by fissure eruption.
 Magma of low viscosity comes out of the ground through a fissure.
 It flows for a long distance before cooling and solidifying filling depressions and valleys
forming a plain.
 Eruption occurs later and lava flows out through lines of weakness on crustal rock and
solidified lava.
 The new lava spreads on top of the old lava forming a new layer.
 The process is repeated and a plateau is formed e.g. Mwea, Nandi and Laikipia Plains and Yatta
and Uasin Gishu Plateaus.
Craters
-A funnel shaped depression found on top of a volcano.
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INTERNAL LAND FORMING PROCESSES

Formation of land forms by internal land forming processes is determined by:

Crustal Earth Movements

Earth movements are of 2 types:

Horizontal Earth Movements

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Results of Horizontal Earth Movements

Vertical Earth Movements

Results of Vertical Earth Movements

Causes of Earth Movements

Magma Movement within the Earths Crust

Convectional Currents within Mantle

-When convectional currents in magma in mantle drug crustal rocks by friction.

Theories Explaining the Earths Movements

Theory of Continental Drift

Evidences Supporting the Theory

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Plate Tectonics Theory

There are two types of tectonic plates:

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When two oceanic plates meet

Significance of Plate Movements

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-Which lie in a horizontal manner.

Nappe/Over thrust Fold

- In which one limp is pushed over the other limp.

Anticlinorium and Synclinorium Complex

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Resultant Features Due To Folding

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Theories of Origin of Fold Mountains

Convectional Currents Theory

Continental Drift Theory

Plate Tectonics Theory

-A relatively continuous line of steep slopes facing the same direction.

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Ridges and Valleys

-Plains which appear to rise and roll.

-A high fairly level land between mountains.

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1. Upthrow-part of the land displaced upwards.

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 A normal fault develops

 One block slides downwards.

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