How Mountains Came From Raindrops

Mountains are the epitome of durability but some new data shows how ancient precipitation was really the driving force behind the mountains of the Farallon Plate between 65 and 28 million years ago. 50 million years ago, mountains began rising in southern British Columbia and over the next 22 million years,  mountains began rising down western North America as far south as Mexico and as far east as Nebraska, says the new research.   read more

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