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Sierra Nevada Uplift
June 18, 2012 | University of Nevada, Reno

“From the highest peak in the continental United States, Mt. Whitney at 14,000 feet in elevation, to the 10,000-foot-peaks near Lake Tahoe, scientific evidence from the University of Nevada, Reno shows the entire Sierra Nevada mountain range is rising at the relatively fast rate of 1 to 2 millimeters every year.” Quoted from the University of Nevada, Reno press release.


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