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The North American plate collided with the Pacific plate that created the rocky mountains.
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How long did it take for the Rocky Mountains to form?
The rocky mountians formed over 20 million years of colition bettween two continental plates
What tectonic plates do the Rocky Mountains rest on?
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Where is the rocky mountains located and how do they form?
the rocky mountains are located in North America. A long time ago, there was one big continent on the planet earth and soon enough, it drifted apart into plates. When those plates crashed together, they forced the earth's crust to go up, and over time the plates were pushed together so much, it forced them really high and they formed the Rocky mountains.
Where are landforms that are usually found in an earthquake?
Rocky Mountains because shifting plates form Rocky Mountains. I am a student at W.T. Lewis so please visit our website. Thank-you, unknown person you don't need to know.
What era did the rocky mountains form?
The Rocky Mountains starting forming when the Mesozoic era begun.
How did the Rocky Mountains form?
The Rocky Mountains formed from the collision of the North American and Pacific plates, & uplifting areas of crust to form mountains. They started rising about 80 million years ago. Science, Continental - Continental where 100 million years ago where these two Earth crust collided together and after a while it started building up, and eventually became a mountain. The Rocky Mountains formed west to east, as based on geological evidence. The Appalachian Mountains formed from east to west, again based on geological evidence. The Appalachian Mountains are much older than The Rocky Mountains. The Rocky Mountains contains rock sediments proven to be from The Appalachian Mountains.
What mountains to form?
Movement of the plates.
What two plates collided to form the rocky mountains?
The Juan de Fuca Plate and the North American Plate
Who built the rocky mountains?
No person "built" the Rocky Mountains! Mountains form from a geological process, typically from folding of the earth's surface and sub-surface.
What group of mountains are the source of many rivers in the west?
The rocky mountains are the greatest source of rivers in the west. The rocky mountains form the continental divide.
Is global warming causing the earthquakes this year?
No, earthquakes are caused by the tectonic plates that cover the earth moving slowly together or apart. Plates moving together gradually form mountains, like the Rocky Mountains, or the Andes. When the pressure of the plates gets too much they give a jolt, and that is an earthquake. Nothing to do with global warming.
The Appalachian mountains were once higher than the rocky mountains are todayhow is this possible?
because collision plates move them apart
