Mountain-forming systems on Earth occur at present either at the edge of continental plates or in their centre. Isotopic signatures from orogenic rocks worldwide indicate that these two distinct systems have existed for at least 550 million years.
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Bahlburg, H. Mantle-controlled mountains. Nature Geosci 4, 280–282 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1146
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