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What accounts for the presence of marine fossils on mountain tops?
There was water there!!
What lies west of the appalachians?
The Mississippi catchment area, the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains. the Pacific Ocean...
Paleontologists noticed that these were the same on different continents even though the continents were separated by ocean?
The same rocks and minerals from the same batch, dinosaur fossils dating back to the same time periods, natural landforms and structures can be found on completely separate continents. This evidence supports the Plate Techtonics and Continental Drift theories.
Evidence that supports the theory of continental drift has been provided by?
Proof of Continential drift is that they found fossils of the same animals and plants on different continents.They also found the same rock patterns on different continents.Also some continents fit together likea jigsaw puzzle.
How could there be fish fossils on top of Mt. Everest?
Mt. Everest did not exist 10 million years ago. As the Indian Plate collided with the EuroAsia plate 80 million years ago the heavy ocean floor north of India acted like a giant anchor, plunging rapidly into the mantle, and dragging the Indian continent along with it, northward, towards Tibet as the plates collided, the sinking ocean floor generated volcanoes in southern Tibet because the rock at the top of the descending plate melted, from friction and the huge pressures of collision. However, by 25 million years ago the fast moving Indian continent had almost entirely closed over the intervening ocean, squeezing the sediments on the ocean foor. Since the sediments were lightweight, instead of sinking along with the plate, they crumpled into mountain ranges the Himalayas. This is why you have oceanic fossils of long dead sea animals in the Himalayan range the sediments the mountains formed from are from the ocean floor.
Where in California did fossils of triceratops appear?
During the time when dinosaurs existed, California was almost entirely submerged under the Pacific Ocean. No fossils of Triceratops have been found in California, and Triceratops lived on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, not the west.
What river forms part of the border between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean?
The river which forms part of the border between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean is the Columbia River.
Rivers west of the rocky mountains flows into what ocean?
They flow in the Pacific Ocean.
Why are ocean fossils found at the top of the rocky mountains?
When two continental plates collide, one has to give and the other rises over the first. It there are fossils in this material, it can be pushed to the highest peaks of mountains. Evidence of this is found in the grand canyon where fossils of ocean creatures anr found many thousands of feet above sea level.
Which geographic regien is the continental diide found?
The Continental Divide is found in North America, running along the crest of the Rocky Mountains from Alaska to Mexico. It separates the direction of water flow, with rivers and streams to the west eventually flowing into the Pacific Ocean, and those to the east flowing towards the Atlantic Ocean.
How do snow storms form in the Appalachian Mountains or the Rocky Mountains Where do these storms get their moisture?
Snow storms in the Appalachian Mountains and the Rocky Mountains form when moist air is forced to rise over the mountains, leading to cooling and condensation of water vapor into snow. The moisture for these storms can come from nearby bodies of water, such as the Atlantic Ocean for the Appalachian Mountains and the Pacific Ocean for the Rocky Mountains.
If you found ocean fish fossils below land animals fossils what would that tell you?
It would tell you that an ocean once existed there and then withdrew.
What mountains did Lewis and clark cross?
Lewis and Clark crossed the Rocky Mountains during their expedition in the early 1800s. They also navigated other mountain ranges, such as the Bitterroot and the Blue Mountains, as they journeyed to the Pacific Ocean.
What geographical barrier did Lewis and Clark have to cross to reach the pacific ocean?
Lewis and Clark had to cross the Rocky Mountains to reach the Pacific Ocean. This rugged and challenging terrain presented a significant geographical barrier for their expedition.
What ocean touches the Rocky Mountains states?
At the present time, there are no Rocky Mountain States with coasts on any ocean. At some point in Earth's history part of this vast area was submerged as evidenced by ocean creature's fossils being discovered there. There is pessimistic speculation that, in the future, parts of the Rocky Mountain states will have ocean fronts when the San Andreas fault blows and California "falls into the sea." It could happen instantly in true polar wander or a great perturbation.
What accounts for the presence of marine fossils on mountain tops?
There was water there!!
On which coast is british Columbia found?
it was found in Canada.=================I didn't even know it was lost. (groan)British Columbia, the westernmost of Canada's ten provinces, stretches from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.
