Besides shedding light on a previously unknown cataclysm, Dr Lave's work could plug a gap in the dominant explanation for why mountains stop growing, which is known as the " glacial buzzsaw" hypothesis.

除了揭示之大灾难之外，拉维博士工还可以填补关于山脉停止生释空白处，即众所周“冰川电锯”假说。