Category Archives: Mountains

Alps Growing Or Shrinking?

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The Alps are growing just as quickly in height as they are shrinking according to a new study by a group of German and Swiss geoscientists.Due to glaciers and rivers, about exactly the same amount of material is eroded from … Continue reading →

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Andes Mountains Are Older Than Previously Believed

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Rashid Faridi

The geologic faults responsible for the rise of the eastern Andes mountains in Colombia became active 25 million years ago—18 million years before the previously accepted start date for the Andes’ rise, according to researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research … Continue reading →

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Mountain Building Models

Posted on April 5, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

In the past 1.1 billion years the eastern seaboard of North America has experienced four major mountain building events, the Grenville, Taconic, Acadian, and Alleghenian. Virginia has a good record of each of these. But do these mountain building events … Continue reading →

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