Yesterday, we started the 2018 Geology World Cup with voting for Group A, so let's move to the next group! Group B
Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Wikimedia Commons. Morocco: Much of Morocco's geology is linked with the slow collision of Africa and Europe. The Atlas Mountains rise up on the western side of Africa and represent the the stresses put on the two plates by Africa plowing into Europe over the last 65 million years. The mountain range that pre-dated the Atlas Mountains (called oddly enough the "Anti-Atlas") were formed in the same collision as the Appalachians in North America, so even across the ocean, the two continents share a common ancestry.
Badab-e Surt hot springs in Iran. Wikimedia Commons. Iran: I think when most people think of the geology of Iran, two things come to mind: oil and earthquakes. They'd be right, but Iran is actually quite a geologically ...
