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[–] TheScaryDoor@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The Rockies and most of the mountain ranges on the west coast were formed from the erosion of the Appalachian mountains!

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] TheScaryDoor@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)