Mt Everest is two SiAl tectonic plates converging in a "knott." This means that they are generally light, sedementary rocks, mostly limestone.
Therefore the chemical compositions are: Silicon-, Aluminum-, and Calcium- Bicarbonates.
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∙ 15y agoMt. Everest is composed of various types of rocks, such as granite, gneiss, and schist. Common minerals found in the rocks of Mt. Everest include quartz, feldspar, and mica. The mountain also contains deposits of limestone, shale, and sandstone.
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∙ 12y agoI believe that Mount Everest consists mainly of limestone, which is a sedimentary rock. Beneath the surface, kilometres beneath the surface, you may find marble as metamorphosis under pressure and low heat (regional metamorphosis) has taken place.
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∙ 8y agoThe lower section of Mount Everest is known as the 'Rongbuk Formation' and makes up the first 7,000 meters. This region of Everest is formed from sillminite-K-feldspar grade schist and a banded metamorphic rock called gneiss, which has a similar composition to granite. Also a number of dikes of leucogranite and sills, which are horizontal sheets of igneous rock stuck between older rock beds.
The middle part of Mount Everest is known as the North Col Formation, 7,000 to 8,600 meters. This section, itself, can be divided into different parts, the top 400 meters, named the 'Yellow Band', is formed from linked beds of a brown, Middle Cambrian, marble (diopside-epidote-bearing), muscovite-biotite phyllite (which contain silicate minerals) and semischist (a partly metamorphosed, layered sedimentary rock).
The Qomolangma Formation, otherwise known as the 'Jolmo Lungama Formation', consists of layers of Ordovician limestone and recrystallized dolomite, along with siltstone and laminae, together forming colours ranging from white to dark gray. Starting at 8,600 meters above sea level (above Yellow Band), the Qomolangma Formation ends at the summit.
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∙ 7y agoIt is thought that the summit of Mount Everest started at the bottom of the ancient Tethys Sea, the motion of the Indian sub continental plate and the urasian continental plate colliding, about 30 - 50 million years ago, caused the mountain to rise up and become the highest mountain on the Earth.
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∙ 12y agoMt Everest is made from a deep water marine shale made from three main rocks gneiss, slate and two different shades of sand stone. formed in the Precambrian Era. or made from the molten magma
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∙ 12y agoMount Everest is not now, and never was, a volcano. It is an upthrust of the Himalayan orogeny.
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∙ 11y agorocky and there are steep hills. There are also glaciers.
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∙ 15y agoYes, the first one, I think....
The official height of Mount Everest is 8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet).
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My. Everest is a single mountain. Therefor, it is a place, not a region. An example of a region would be the Himalaya, the mountain range that Mt. Everest belongs to.
Mount Everest is located in Asia, specifically in the Himalayas on the border between Nepal and China.
Mt Everest is made from a deep water marine shale made from three main rocks gneiss, slate and two different shades of sand stone, formed in the Precambrian Era.
No, Mt Everest is a 'fold/thrust' mountain. The rocks at the top of Mt. Everest contain sea shells from the ocean floor.
Mt Everest can be regarded as one huge rock. On its surface must be millions of loose rocks of many different sizes. Could you count the rocks on one of the Rocky Mountains in America?
Mt Everest.
Mt. Everest can be found on Asia
Mt Everest is located in China :)
the mt. everest have feet 29,035
Mt. Everest is 8,848 m high.
The official height of Mount Everest is 8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet).
Mt. Everest is a mountain. And scientists have never had any activity traces throughout the years that Mt. Everest has ever lived.
Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world.
there different but they are on the sides of mt. everest!!
Yes, Mt. Everest is covered in snow and ice.