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minus-square768@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoPlate tectonics and isostasy: Ocean ridges can only push so much and the denser a mountain range is, the higher the stress on the crust and mantle material. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rk2jx3eRDE I guess this only explains the positive constraints of orogenesis.
Plate tectonics and isostasy: Ocean ridges can only push so much and the denser a mountain range is, the higher the stress on the crust and mantle material.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rk2jx3eRDE
I guess this only explains the positive constraints of orogenesis.