The frigid Ural Mountains in Eastern Russian are located at lat. 64°N and lat. 61°N and create a border between Europe and Asia . The Urals are one of the World most ancient mountain ranges being created about 300 million years ago! These incredible mountain forms were created by a continent to continent convergent plate collision, categorizing the Urals as linear folded mountains.
The extreme pressure of this collision can be seen in the large amount of warped metamorphic rock, schist, and gabbro. All still in tact because of there durability against weathering and erosion.
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| Weathering & Erosion of Folded mountains http://www.123rf.com/photo_6079703_subpolar-ural-mountains-view-from-mountain-narodnaya.html |
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| Platinum from the Ural Mountains |
The ancient collision of the supercontinent Pangaea created these peculiarly located mountain ranges miles from any rift valley or subduction zone. Because the age of the Urals there are many diverse geological features and a bounty of precious and semi precious metals and stones.
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| from Google images |
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| from Google images |
This aesthetic differentiation in the Urals is caused by weathering and erosion of limestone regions and durability of the metamorphic regions.
Many breathtaking views of dark mafic rock structures from the ancient ocean crust can be seen. There are also many multicolored strata on open cliff faces from years of sedimentary rocks being created.
