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Fossils of sea creatures have been found near the top of Mount Everest (8848m above the sea level). How do you think they could have got there?

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Step-by-step explanation:

The fossils can be found on top of mount Everest due to regional uplift of the crust.

Mount Everest is located a along a convergent margin between two tectonic plate. Due to similarity in density between the two margins, when they collide, there is tectonic build up.

Sedimentary rock layers originally at sea levels are uplifted to those tower peaks as the plate continues to grind against each other.

Most sedimentary rocks contains fossils. As the grinding continues, the uplift and deformation continues.

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