{"id":1285,"date":"2012-04-07T12:57:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T12:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/?page_id=1285"},"modified":"2012-06-21T21:56:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T21:56:32","slug":"the-geology-of-mountains","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/the-geology-of-mountains\/","title":{"rendered":"The geology of mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mountains are beautiful things, but they are also fascinating, particularly their geology.\u00a0I&#8217;ve written a series of posts, taking <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/01\/a-journey-through-the-geology-of-mountains\">a journey through the geology of mountains<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I start with the basics, introducing the concept of <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/02\/continental-tectonics\">continental tectonics<\/a> and discussing how plate tectonics applies to mountains. I make a quick detour to list the <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/02\/the-many-ways-of-understanding-mountains\">fantastic array of geological techniques<\/a> that are used to understanding mountains before discussing <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/03\/rheology-re-geology\/\">rheology<\/a>\u00a0and how the phrase &#8216;solid as a rock&#8217; is a simplification.<\/p>\n<p>Next I describe the <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/04\/creme-brulee-or-jelly-sandwich\">geological implications of rocks ability to be both elastic and viscous<\/a> and make some food analogies. Like all good journeys, I wander off the main path a little to admire the view, both <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/?p=1321\">gorgeous granites<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/05\/lovely-ladakhi-landslides\/\">luscious landslides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Getting back on track, I talk some more about about models of mountain formation, starting with<a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/?p=1182\"> critical taper<\/a>. We consider to importance of erosion and the ability of rivers to influence tectonics, causing <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/?p=1318\">tectonic aneurysms<\/a>. A related concept is <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/06\/channel-flow-hot-rocks-big-glaciers-and-the-worlds-tallest-mountains\">channel flow<\/a>, the idea that a huge slab of hot rock flowed out from under Tibet into the Himalaya. I&#8217;ll end up with <a href=\"http:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/2012\/06\/the-geology-of-mount-everest\/\">Mount Everest<\/a>, putting its wonderful geology in context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mountains are beautiful things, but they are also fascinating, particularly their geology.\u00a0I&#8217;ve written a series of posts, taking a journey through the geology of mountains. I start with the basics, introducing the concept of continental tectonics and discussing how plate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/the-geology-of-mountains\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1285","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1285"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1288,"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1285\/revisions\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/all-geo.org\/metageologist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}