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Yes, mountains and continents sink into the mantle due to their weight. Although I can't access the paywalled article, I believe they show it's related to "cha
by hyperpallium 7y ago
Yes, mountains and continents sink into the mantle due to their weight.
Although I can't access the paywalled article, I believe they show it's related to "channel steepness", which is caused by river erosion - perhaps implying mountains could be higher where there are no rivers?
- dasil003 7y agoYou mean where there is no rain? I’m not sure if there are any terrestrial mountains that don’t get significant precipitation on geological time scales because the topography of mountains themselves causes precipitation of moisture passing over them.
- xvedejas 7y agoMountains in the rain shadow of other mountains? Or under an ice cap?
- mannykannot 7y agoIce itself is a potent eroder of mountains, but with regard to aridity, both the northern Himalayas and parts of the Chilean/Argentinian Andes are in arid regions - though not arid enough for them to be ice-free, at least for now.