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Graphic showing when regions of the Tibetan Plateau reached their present-day elevation
... that during the
collision of India with Asia
, the southern part of the
Tibetan Plateau
achieved its high elevation before the northern part
(graphic pictured)
?
... that the oldest part of the
Western Block
of the
North China Craton
formed 2.7 billion years ago?
... that the
Superior Craton
covers central Canada?
... that after the devastating
2010
and
2011 Christchurch earthquakes
, the New Zealand government "
red-zoned
", purchased, and demolished 8,000 houses?
... that
tropical cyclones
leave deposits in lakes that can be used to
reconstruct past cyclonic activity
?
... that a series of eruptions of
Mount Takahe
17,700 years ago may have resulted in an
ozone hole
?
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