Scientists finally figured out how North American’s highest mountain formed

Mount Denali, North America’s highest mountain, is a beautiful sight. While beautiful, though, scientists have long wondered exactly how this mountain came to be. Now, new research has finally pinpointed how the Denali Fault formed, giving birth to the spectacular mountain we know today.

The Denali Fault is what scientists call a strike-slip fault. This is essentially a place where two chunks of the continental crust slide past each other. While this fault has been the birth of massive magnitude 7.9 earthquakes in the past...