2 Season
26 Episode
How the Earth Was Made - Season 2 Episode 6 The Rockies
From Alaska to New Mexico, the Rockies are one of the great mountain belts of the world--caused by tectonic forces of the Pacific Plate pushing against the North American continent. They have formed as the earth's continental crust has been shortened under pressure--by around 1 inch a year. What's more, they are still rising and they are still young in geologic terms: when the dinosaurs roamed the Earth they had not even started to form.
- Year: 2010
- Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: History
- Keyword: natural history, interior of the earth, planet earth
- Director: Susan Werbe, Stuart Carter, Stephen Marsh
- Cast: Corey Johnson