Which process controls uplift when two continental plates collide at reverse fault zones?

💡 Explanation

When continental plates collide, compression at reverse faults causes brittle fracturing which accretes material on the overriding plate, leading to upward displacement. Therefore brittle fracturing results, rather than other uplift related to glacial unloading, elastic strain which mostly generates seismicity, or mantle dynamics that are far deeper.

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