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Date de production
2008-01-01
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How mountains were born
Series
Planet Earth Below the Surface
Jacques Malavieille, a geologist at the Geosciences Laboratory in Montpellier, explains the processes that lead to the formation of mountains.
The Alps or the Himalayas have not always existed. How did these mountain ranges appear? How did they rise up?
On Mars, some mountains exceed 20 kilometers in height while on Earth the mountain ranges do not extend beyond 9000 meters in altitude. Why is that so?
This film is part of a series of 22 films entitled "Planet Earth Below the Surface".
Duration
240
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Définition
SD
Color
Color
Sound
Sound
Versions
French
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