The 2-Billion-Year-Old “Lost World” Above The Clouds — Inside The Mind-Blowing Mystery Of Mount Roraima
The shape is not accidental or coincidental.
It is the product of a specific geological history that begins nearly two billion years ago and continues through erosion processes still active today.
Understanding why tepuis look the way they look requires understanding something about the Guiana Shield — the ancient geological formation that underlies this entire region — and about what happens to rocks when you give erosion two billion years to work with.
The Rocks And Their Age
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