Tag Archives: Earth’s Crust
c. 500 Million BCE: The Geologic History of the Pyrénées Mountains
Delves into the geologic process of mountain-building, focusing on the Pyrénées mountain range. It highlights the range's formation from the collision of the Iberian microcontinent with the European plate and traces its roots back to [...]
c. 4-3 Billion BCE: The Rise of Plate Tectonics – Shaping Earth’s Landscape
Examines the emergence of plate tectonics during the Hadean and Archean eons, detailing the transformation of Earth's crust and mantle, the formation of continents, and the division of the lithosphere and asthenosphere, leading to the [...]