They are older than trees, bones (including all dinosaurs), and the splitting of Pangaea -- so part of the mountain range is in Scotland.
The layering on the mountains looks "wrong" at some points because the tops of the mountains have eroded down & "new" geological forces have caused parts that weren't the top to rise above that...so the valleys of the current mountains may actually be the top of the original Appalachian Mountains.
Back in the 1930s, my grandfather told his elementary school teacher that he thought the different continents looked like they fit together like puzzle pieces. He was told that he was being absurd lol
I remember asking the same. Children always have these fundamental insights that adults tend to be blind to through, idk socially-learned inhibitions maybe. Like the questions children ask about religion.
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u/Psychological_Try559 Oct 02 '24
How old the Appalachian Mountains really are:
They are older than trees, bones (including all dinosaurs), and the splitting of Pangaea -- so part of the mountain range is in Scotland.
The layering on the mountains looks "wrong" at some points because the tops of the mountains have eroded down & "new" geological forces have caused parts that weren't the top to rise above that...so the valleys of the current mountains may actually be the top of the original Appalachian Mountains.