re: #312 celticdragon

LOL! Cool!

The Laramide Orogeny is the name of the event that formed the Rockies. Frictional coupling between the Fallaron slab and North America generated massive crustal shortening (like tens to hundreds of kilometers) as giant low angle thrust faults stacked up sheets of rock on top of one another. My structures class is about over, and I have absolutely loved it!

orographic uplifting…and they are still rising, but your words make it sound alot more fanviy