From Ottawa, at a meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
The discovery of previously unknown rodent species that lived in Chile millions of years ago suggests that mountains in the southern Andes first rose to significant heights at least 18 million years ago.
By measuring the proportions of radioactive isotopes in ash deposits, scientists can estimate the date but not the height of a particular volcanic eruption.
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