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Climate can grind mountains faster than they can be rebuilt

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Climate can grind mountains faster than they can be rebuilt

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NewsPoster Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:56 am Posts: 20756	Climate can grind mountains faster than they can be rebuilt Science Daily Geology For the first time, researchers have attempted to measure all the material leaving and entering a mountain range over more than a million years, and discovered that erosion caused by glaciation during ice ages can, in the right circumstances, wear down mountains faster than plate tectonics can build them. Read more
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