Ancient raindrops reveal a wave of mountains sent south by sinking Farallon plate

Friday, December 17, 2010 - 12:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

50 million years ago, mountains began popping up in southern British Columbia. Over the next 22 million years, a wave of mountain building swept (geologically speaking) down western North America as...

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