Geology of the Himalayas
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title:
Geology of the Himalayas
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The geology of the Himalayas is a record of the most dramatic and visible creations of the immense mountain range formed by plate tectonic forces and sculpted by weathering and erosion. The Himalayas, which stretch over 2400 km between the Namcha Barwa syntaxis at the eastern end of the mountain range and the Nanga Parbat syntaxis at the western end, are the result of an ongoing orogeny — the collision of the continental crust of two tectonic plates, namely, the Indian Plate thrusting into the E
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Origins and structure of the mountain range
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geology_of_the_Himalayas
date created:
2005-03-02T20:41:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T03:42:05Z
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