Is there any relation between earth rotation and formation of mountains?

[fawazahmed0]

I have read from somewhere that earth rotation speed is decreasing by time and this causes many mountians to form or arise.

http://novan.com/earth.htm

I have also read that Undersea mountains slow down Earth rotation.

http://www.aviso.ocea...n-earth-rotation.html

Please Help

[Old_Geezer]

Whilst no expert I suspect there is little connection. The articles seem a little long to read through but even the largest mountain is hardly any rise compared to the size of the whole planet. Overall the surface is fairly smooth. So I suspect they will have little to no effect.

[jomifl]

The earth's surface going up somewhere is compensed by it's going down somewhere else so that momentum is pretty much conserved. I think that the slowing down of the earth is due to the conversion of kinetic energy into heat which is due to tidal interactions with the moon. As this has been in equilibium for billions of years there doesn't seem to be any reason for change.

[Thatcherite]

rotation is decreasing caused by the tidal effect of the moon. Mountains are the result of continental plate movement. I don't seehow they can effect rotation.

[wildwood]

Not gonna read all that but like Thatcherite, I believe all mountains are the result of tectonic plate movement and extinct volcanoes. Some have been worn down by many millions of years and have become hills.