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News Release 15-146
Climate can grind down mountains faster than they can rebuild
Erosion caused by glaciation can wear down mountains faster than plate tectonics can form them
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The coast of Alaska and the Bering Glacier viewed from the ocean drillship JOIDES Resolution.
Credit: IODP/USIO
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The scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution and its crew work in the Gulf of Alaska.
Credit: Itsuki Suto, Nagoya University
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A glacier in Icy Bay, Alaska, erodes geologically young rocks like those found in seafloor samples.
Credit: Ken Ridgway, Purdue University
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Scientists conduct research on sediment cores collected from beneath the Gulf of Alaska seafloor.
Credit: Itsuki Suto, Nagoya University
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Cores must equilibrate to lower pressures at the surface; sometimes cracks form in the process.
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Geoscientists from several institutions studied the St. Elias Mountains along the Alaskan coast.
Credit: IODP
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