Andes Grew to Towering Heights in Two Explosive 'Growth Spurts'

Wednesday, January 23, 2019 - 16:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

As the now-iconic Andes Mountains rose skyward along the western coast of South America dozens of millions of years ago, violent volcanic activity rocked the continent, a new study finds.

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