Elevation crater
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elevation-crater-322-14962935
title:
Elevation crater
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The elevation crater theory is a now-discredited geologic theory originating in the 18th and 19th centuries which intended to explain the origin of mountains and orogens, holding that mountains formed by vertical movements associated with volcanism. The idea that mountains could be formed by magma and volcanic activity was expressed as early as 1777 by Peter Simon Pallas, who claimed the Ural and Altai Mountains had been formed this way. Pallas based his ideas on the granitic central axes that h
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Geologic theory
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation_crater
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2024-01-07T23:13:33Z
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