Adirondack Mountain Topography Cartoon (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Adirondack Mountain Topography Cartoon

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UMass Amherst geoscience researchrs say a column of lighter material appears to have squeezed up under the Adirondacks, possibly expanded by heat, to form the dome-shaped mountain range.

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UMass Amherst/X. Yang

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