Source: LEARN Geology
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐
Everest Range, ๐ก๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐น and ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ปa 27ยฐ59'17"N / 086ยฐ55'30"E
๐๐๐ค๐ก๐ค๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐ค๐:
Middle ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป (๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป)
๐ฟ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ: Mount Everest is ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต'๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The ChinaโNepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation of ๐ด,๐ด๐ฐ๐ด.๐ด๐ฒ ๐บ was most recently established in 2020 by the Chinese and Nepali authorities.
๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป:
The ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ of Mount Everest, the ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ on Earth, was a ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ once. ๐๐๐ป'๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น?. The highest rock on Earth, marking the summit of Mount Everest, are ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐, deposited in a warm, shallow water sea some ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ.
These rocks deposited in an ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป were thrust and ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ into their present commanding position when ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ with the ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ป๐ some ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ.
๐ค๐: ๐ค๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐บ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป (๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐): It is the un-metamorphosed layer of limestone here called โQFโ for ๐ค๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐บ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, which forms the ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ of Everest. It is separated from the underlying Yellow Band layer by a low angle detachment fault.
๐ฌ๐:๐ฌ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ: This is the layered bedding. It is a limestone, formed from a shallow marine sediment, heated to become a ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ.
๐๐ฆ: ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐: It consists of ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ rock which has been metamorphosed at reasonably high temperatures. It is separated from the underlying layer by a low angle almost horizontal fault.
๐ฅ๐: ๐ฅ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฏ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป: The Rungbok Formation consists of โLGโ Leuco- granite and gneiss.RF is a gneiss: rock partly melted and metamorphosed under high temperatures.
๐๐ค๐จ๐จ๐๐ก๐จ:
These rocks still contain the fossils of marine animals such as ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฑ๐, ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ and ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ that occupied tropical habitats during one of the most ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐น๐ in ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ต'๐ history, the ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ (๐๐ข๐๐).
