Why do the Rocky Mountains occur so far from a plate boundary?

Subject: Why do the Rocky Mountains occur so far from a plate boundary?

Date: Sun Sep 20 21:11:07 1998
Posted by Janet Townsend
Grade level: 4-6
School: Space Center Intermediate
City: Houston State/Province: Tx
Country: USA
Area of science: Earth Sciences
ID: 906343867.Es

Message:


Mountains are formed from the collision of tectonic plates.  The Rocky 
Mountains occur far from known boundaries of the tectonic plates.  Why 
is this?

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