Colliding Continents
The Himalaya is the greatest mountain range on Earth: the highest, longest, youngest, the most tectonically active, and the most spectacular of all. Unimaginable geological forces created these spectacular peaks. Indeed, the crash of the Indian plate into Asia is the biggest known collision in geolo...
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Oxford University Press
2013
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199653003.001.0001 |