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This was one of the great early puzzles of geology; Charles Darwin found fossil sea shells on the top of the Andes mountains. By chance, an earthquake occurred whilst Darwin was visiting South America which raised the land by several feet, he reasoned that over time, thousands of earthquakes would raise the land by many thousand feet - creating mountains from what was once the ocean floor and thus containing fossil marine animals.
Nowadays, with the discovery of plate tectonics and continental drift, we have a clearer understanding; for example, the Himalayas were formed when the tectonic plate of India collided (and continues to collide) with Asia - forcing up the mountains.
What else can I help you with?
What type of rock are mostly found in mountains?
volcanic mountains are mostly associated with igneous rocks and sedimentary rocks at their slopes can be found due to weathering,but mountains such as fold mountains can contain igneous rocks,metarmophic ro cks and even sedimentary rocks at their slopes
What does the Rocky Mountains look like?
rocks ,and mountains
What are the Ural mountains made of?
Mountains are made of many different rocks. Such as sedimentary, ingenious and metamorphosis rocks.
What type of rock are mountains made of?
Igneous rocks, Sedimentary rocks Metamorphic rocks.
What formed the Appalachian Mountains?
rocks
Where are rocky moatiains?
mountains with no rocks
How did the builders of the great wall of china get rocks up the side of the mountains?
how did the builders get the rocks up on the sides of the mountains The great wall of china
How did the builders of the great wall of china get the rocks up the sides of the mountains?
how did the builders get the rocks up on the sides of the mountains The great wall of china
What kinds of rocks are mountains made of?
Mountains are made up of many different types of rocks. It also depends on the where the mountain is located and how it formed. For example, mountains formed by recent volcanic activity will be mostly composed of Igneous rock. Though most mountains and the like are made up of a combination of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock.
What activates can you do on the Rocky Mountains?
Look at rocks!
How can rocks and mountains breack apart?
By erosion
What makes the Rocky Mountains so unique?
The way that the mountains are shapped and the types of rocks.
