Timeline for Minimum energy to lift state of Utah one mile over 5-10 million years?
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| Jun 18 at 7:00 | comment | added | user86742 | Thanks for feedback. And, yes, Utah is famous for beautifully eroded Mesozoic strata. Though sandstone tends to be less dense, I doubt this would change the simplified calc. much. And yes the Indian subcontinent colliding with Asia involves complexity and orders of magnitude more energy. Nice challenge. --Gene-- | |
| Jun 17 at 0:26 | comment | added | user58697 | It is not that the entire block was lifted. For those 5 to 10 million years erosion worked as well (that's why the Mesozoic sediments are currently exposed there). Also, Utah is not exactly granite, but more like sandstone. This will shave about one order of magnitude. However. try to estimate an energy necessary to create a Himalaya/Tibet/Pamir system. | |
| Jun 16 at 8:17 | history | asked | user86742 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |