8 - Unit 4, Section 4 - Day 3

Mountains

Unit 4, Section 4 - Day 3

Open Ended

1. 1. How can weathering and erosion be used to determine the age of a mountain?

2. 2. What are the limits to using this method?

Open Ended

We know that, as a mountain erodes, uplift causes the lower crust to lift up out of the mantle (to maintain isostasy). What can we say about the rock that is exposed as the mountain continues to erode?