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The Making of Mountains: Cycles of Building and Decay (Part 4)

The Making of Mountains: Cycles of Building and Decay (Part 4)

Posted on 14 March 202213 April 2022

How can we explain or comprehend the enormous forces that folded and elevated massive amounts of rock to form mountain ranges? Geologists have proposed a variety of theoretical hypotheses, some of which have already been discussed in the previous article. Today, we will take a look at some new theories. The Theory of Continental Drift…

The Making of Mountains: Cycles of Building and Decay (Part 3)

The Making of Mountains: Cycles of Building and Decay (Part 3)

Posted on 10 March 202210 March 2022

The process of creating and destroying mountains has been ongoing from prehistoric times to the present. Massive cordilleras, such as the far-flung Andes, may have formed as a result of millions of years of sedimentary deposit and crustal buckling. The Kilimanjaro volcanic cone, on the other hand, most likely formed abruptly, much like the new…

The Making of Mountains: Cycles of Building and Decay (Part 2)

The Making of Mountains: Cycles of Building and Decay (Part 2)

Posted on 22 February 2022

From periodical times to the present, the process of building and destroying mountains has been ongoing. Massive cordilleras, such as the far-flung Andes, may result from millions of years of sedimentary deposit and crustal buckling. The volcanic cone of Kilimanjaro, on the other hand, most likely formed abruptly, similar to the new volcano of Paricutin,…

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