Why do Fold Mountains have enormous thickness of sedimentary rocks?

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Q: 100 (CDS-I/2011)
Why do Fold Mountains have enormous thickness of sedimentary rocks?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

CDS-I

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0,29,49,24,29,13,12

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{'fold mountains': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'sedimentary rocks': [1, 0, 3, 1], 'nappe folds': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'mountains': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'sediments': [0, 0, 0, 4], 'enormous thickness': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'plains': [2, 1, 1, 3], 'valley': [7, 0, 7, 6], 'recumbent': [0, 0, 0, 2]}