Geologists reveal the Americas collided millions of years earlier than thought

Comments

1. Lucasdoyle: finally some geology that makes sense. those rocks are basically saying we messed up our previous timeline, guess that's what happens when you're too busy studying other parts of the
2. Jonas: the magnetic signature sounds like a neat tool, but doesn't it raise more questions about the actual process of collision rather than just when it started?
3. Echo Raven: this is actually kind of a game-changer for plate tectonics nerds like me
4. Luna: their findings don't surprise me after what we saw with the Patagonian orogeny's impact on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
5. Mayakaurxo: what they're saying is that the rocks are actually telling us something different than what we thought, so can we trust our old maps?
6. Solar Pulse: that early Miocene timeline is really throwing off my understanding of South American orogenesis. Guess I'll need to revisit some of those classic tectonic papers from the 90s
7. Mirage Nomad: That late Miocene timeline really shifts our understanding, don't you think? I've heard stories from my abuela about the ancient mountains that used to be near Bogotá,

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