2007-06-02 16:38:24 · 14 answers · asked by Mr Ed 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Because mountains grow, they aren't formed 25,000 ft. tall.
Go to the geology section for this one, I can't find just one paper that would fully explain this without just saying, "mountain building" Its a collection of evidence that they would be more knowledgeable about.
2007-06-02 16:43:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe because Mount Everest was under water at one time. There are mountains under water today. The Earth will look totally different in a million years. We are experiencing climate change everyday. Some blame the population for it. But if you examine the facts then you will see climate change has been occurring since the beginning of time. The lands will continue to shift. The oceans will, continue to move, erode the shore and reshape the earth.
2007-06-02 16:47:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mount Everest was pushed up as tectonic plates collided. The marine life that produced the fossils lived when that part of the earth was under water.
2007-06-02 17:07:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mountains are formed by the earth's tectontic plates (some are formed by volcanos as well). These plates, over long periods of time, by the plates moving against each other, pushing upwards, eventually forming mountains. Most or all of any mountain range in the world was once flat, and a lot of that was under the ocean. This is a very simplified version, so click the link below to learn more. This is a real phenomenom, a fairytale global flood is not.
"Compressional forces due to the collision of the Eurasian and Indian continental plates caused ocean sediments and continental rocks to be pushed upward in elevation."
2007-06-02 16:50:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure thing. Before the tectonic plates shifted such that mount everest was created, that part of the world was under water. Originally, the land mass was more or less one great one, called Pangea. As tectonic plates shifted, land masses broke off, and moved, and collided to form mountain ranges, such as Everest.
2007-06-02 17:21:50 · answer #5 · answered by CC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Part" of Mount Everest may have been below sea level millions of years ago. Then when the continental plates pushed together and created this mountain range, that portion was raised highter and higher as the massive continental shelves forced all that earth upwards. Eventually some of is was, as amazing as it may seem, on the TOP.
2007-06-02 16:45:49 · answer #6 · answered by Joe C 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because it was once under water - not that there was a flood that high, which is nonsensical, but the land that is now raised up as part of the mountain was once, long ago, below sea level somewhere. Only logical explanation....
If you really want a proper scientific answer, then ASK YOUR QUESTION IN THE SCIENCE SECTION WHERE IT BELONGS! Or are you afraid you might learn something?
2007-06-02 16:43:47 · answer #7 · answered by jamesfrankmcgrath 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely. Many mountains were formed from geological events that resulted in shifts of the earth's lithospheric plates. The land which was once at the bottom of the ocean was violently thrust upward and inland, and mountains were formed. There you go. Now, do you have anymore questions?
2007-06-02 16:51:10 · answer #8 · answered by seattlefan74 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In six million years of planetary life (or 6000 years, your pick) can't there be more than one flood?
2007-06-02 16:51:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A huge flood that covered the entire face of the earth. There has been proof and evidence of a world wide flood.
2007-06-02 16:50:39 · answer #10 · answered by JeSsiCa 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋