What is causing the Rocky Mountains to erode?
What is causing the Rocky Mountains to erode?
The Rocky Mountains have undergone extensive erosion thanks to the forces of weathering and glaciation. During the Cenozoic, thousands of feet of sediment were eroded from the Rockies and transported eastward into adjacent basins, which formed as a result of downwarping during the mountains’ formation.
How long did it take for the Rocky Mountains to form?The mountains that make up the park, along the rest of the Rocky Mountains, were uplifted during...
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