The West was formed by clashing crustal plates

Mary Moran June 25, 1984 From the print edition

Today's Rocky Mountains are relatively recent, having sprung up 100 to 50 million years ago by dint of clashing crustal plates. Download entire issue to view this article: http://www.hcn.org/issues/16.12/download-entire-issue

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