The collision of plates will result in mountain building, thereby shifting weather patterns.
During the Devonian, the state was the site of mountain building once again.
It may also shake up traditional theories on mountain building.
A. This area was once at the bottom of the sea, and there have been four different periods of mountain building.
Metamorphic rocks are typically found in areas of mountain building.
"This must be an era between periods of mountain building," he said.
The crust is too th k for plate movement and mountain building.
Occasionally volcanic activity was associated with the mountain building.
The process of mountain building continues to this day.
In some areas, volcanic activity aided the mountain building.