Stories by Peter Molnar

The Structure of Mountain Ranges

What holds mountains up? Some stand on plates of strong rock; others are buoyed by crustal roots reaching deep into the mantle. The latter may collapse when their flanks are not pushed together...

July 1, 1986 — Peter Molnar

The Sciences

The Collision between India and Eurasia

For the past 40 million years the Indian subcontinent has been pushing northward against the Eurasian land mass, giving rise to the severest earthquakes and the most diverse land forms known...

April 1, 1977 — Paul Tapponnier and Peter Molnar