fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · edit-211 months agoRoots of Mother Appalachiamander.xyzimagemessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1852arrow-down111file-text
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minus-squareTheScaryDoor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThe Rockies and most of the mountain ranges on the west coast were formed from the erosion of the Appalachian mountains!
minus-squareTheScaryDoor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agohttps://www.uh.edu/nsm/news-events/stories/2018/0723-geologic-history.php Basically sediment from the Appalachian region was deposited by ancient rivers and wind currents, with this sediment later being uplifted and then eroded to form the Rockies.
minus-squareAOCapitulator [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoWild!
The Rockies and most of the mountain ranges on the west coast were formed from the erosion of the Appalachian mountains!
What?
https://www.uh.edu/nsm/news-events/stories/2018/0723-geologic-history.php
Basically sediment from the Appalachian region was deposited by ancient rivers and wind currents, with this sediment later being uplifted and then eroded to form the Rockies.
Wild!