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The Top Of The World Was Once The Bottom Of The Sea: 450-Million-Year-Old Marine Fossils At Mount Everest's Summit
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The Top Of The World Was Once The Bottom Of The Sea: 450-Million-Year-Old Marine Fossils At Mount Everest's Summit
PC(Geolog.in, Instagram) The highest point on Earth carries a remarkable secret – the rocky summit of Mount Everest is made of ancient seabed, lifted nearly nine kilometres into the sky by the relentless forces of plate tectonics. Near the peak of the world’s tallest mountain sits the Qomolangma Limestone, a sedimentary rock packed with well-preserved marine fossils dating back roughly 450 million years to the Ordovician Period. These include th…
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