SciShow: We’re Wrong About How Mountains Form

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Content of the Lesson: The first 100 people to download Endel by clicking the link will get a free week of audio experiences! https://bit.ly/Scishowendel We think we know how mountains form. Plate tectonics causes rock to be pushed up at fault boundaries. Except that model is hard to prove, and a new study suggests it might actually be a lot more complicated. Hosted by: Stefan Chin ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kevin Bealer, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01185-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01192-5 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/06/230602115057.htm http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/grocha/plates/platetec21.htm https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/mantle/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04157-z https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/nov/06/geology-italy-earthquakes-apennines-tectonic-plates-norcia-terrawatch https://www.britannica.com/science/tectonic-landform https://www.soest.hawaii.edu/GG/ASK/mountains.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zss8rwx/revision/3 https://manoa.hawaii.edu/exploringourfluidearth/physical/ocean-floor/continental-movement-plate-tectonics https://www.earthquakeauthority.com/Blog/2020/Understanding-Plate-Tectonic-Theory


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