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Old 11-26-2017, 02:15 PM   #5 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by Xist View Post
Are you going to find one saying there is not any natural erosion?
Nope, I'm saying that natural erosion is balanced (over the long term) by natural uplift. As for instance I live on the edge of a substantial mountain range (Sierra Nevada) that wasn't here about 40 million years ago, and which is growing at 1-2 mm per year: https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/new...-nevada-uplift I've hiked around the Alps, which are mostly limestone formed at the bottom of the sea. Likewise the white cliffs of Dover. And see Darwin (and many subsequent authors) about the way the Andes are being uplifted...
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