New mountains new mountains

1999/02/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Geologia

Geologists who study the Mediterranean bottom have discovered the creation of a new mountain range. The field analyzed is at a point of clash between African and European plates and in the south of Crete have been seen forming two hundred clay peaks at the confluence of both continents.

The influence of these impacts on the chemistry and biology of the Mediterranean is now being studied. Anyone knows that mountain ranges, such as the Alps and the Himalayas, have arisen when two tectonic plates collide, but this time in the Mediterranean they have seen their origin "live".