Jayawijaya Mountains is the name for the mountain range that stretched lengthwise in the middle provinces of Papua and West Papua (Indonesia) to Papua New Guinea Newguinea on. Rows of mountains that has some the higest peaks in Indonesia is formed by removal of the sea floor thousands of years ago. Although located at an altitude of 4800 masl, fossilized sea shells, for example, can be seen in limestone and clastic rocks contained in the Jayawijaya Mountains. Therefore, besides being a paradise of the climbers, Jayawijaya Mountains is also a paradise researchers geological world.
Jayawijaya Mountains is also the only mountain and mountain in Indonesia which has a peak covered with eternal snow. Although not all peaks of the cluster Jayawijaya Mountains that has snow. Snow is owned by several peaks even at this time is lost due to climate change globally.
History of the formation Jayawijaya Mountains
According to geological theory, originally the world has only a continent called Pangea at 250 million years ago. Continent Pangaea split into two by forming Laurasia continent and Eurasian continent. Eurasian continent burst back into the continent Gonwana who would later become the mainland of South America, Africa, India, and Australia.
Very intensive precipitation occurred on the continent of Australia, plus the occurrence of plate collision between the Indo-Pacific plate with the Indo-Australian on the seabed. Plate collision resulted in the island arc, which also became the forerunner of the islands and mountains in Papua.
As a result of the appointment process is continuous, sedimentation and tectonic events along the sea bottom, within a period of millions of years of producing such high mountains can be seen today.
Evidence that the high mountains of New Guinea and was once part of the deep seafloor can be seen from the fossil remains in rocks Jayawijaya.
Jayawijaya Mountains is also the only mountain and mountain in Indonesia which has a peak covered with eternal snow. Although not all peaks of the cluster Jayawijaya Mountains that has snow. Snow is owned by several peaks even at this time is lost due to climate change globally.
According to geological theory, originally the world has only a continent called Pangea at 250 million years ago. Continent Pangaea split into two by forming Laurasia continent and Eurasian continent. Eurasian continent burst back into the continent Gonwana who would later become the mainland of South America, Africa, India, and Australia.
Very intensive precipitation occurred on the continent of Australia, plus the occurrence of plate collision between the Indo-Pacific plate with the Indo-Australian on the seabed. Plate collision resulted in the island arc, which also became the forerunner of the islands and mountains in Papua.
As a result of the appointment process is continuous, sedimentation and tectonic events along the sea bottom, within a period of millions of years of producing such high mountains can be seen today.
Evidence that the high mountains of New Guinea and was once part of the deep seafloor can be seen from the fossil remains in rocks Jayawijaya.
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