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The Appalachians and Himalaya are a classic collisional mountain belts yet the elevation of the Appalachians mountains is a tiny fraction of the lofty Himalaya. Why are these two collisional mountain belts so different?

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In the interior of continents the earth's crust is typically about 40 km thick and the elevation is near sea level. In the Himalayas the crust is more than 60km thick. Isostasy says crust thicker than this average should produce elevated terrain (mountains), so why isn't the elevation of the Himalayas 20km?
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Marked as best answer by drink on Feb 28, 2020

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Reply #1 on: Feb 28, 2020
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