India Asia Collision Formation of Himalayas CR Scotese

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India / Asia Collision - Formation of the Himalayas • CR Scotese PALEOMAP Project • This simple animation shows a cross-sectional view of the collision of India (left side) with Asia (right side), and the resulting formation of the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau. The horizontal line across the diagram is sea level. Major Events: 1) Oceanic lithosphere attached to Indian continent is subducted and pulls India northward, 2) Sediment is scraped-off the ocean floor forming islands, 3) The Indian continent collides with the Asian continent, 4) Trapped sediments and bits of oceanic crust are obducted to form the Himalayan ophiolite belt, 5) slices of the top part of the Indian continent are thrust back towards India to form the front ranges of the Himalayan mountains, 5) As Indian continental crust is pulled down below Asia, the crust thickens and the Tibetan Plateau rises 5-8 km above sea level. The animation starts about 55 million years ago and ends at the present-day. The 2015 earthquake in Nepal took place along the second major fault zone shown in this animation. • Please cite this animation as: Scotese, C.R., 2015. India/Asia Collision: Formation of the Himalyas and Tibetan Plateau (cross-sectional view), YouTube Animation, • India / Asia Collision - Formation o... , PALEOMAP Project, Evanston, IL. • Prof. Christopher R. Scotese • Director, PALEOMAP Project • 134 Dodge, Evanston Illinois 60202 • 817 914 7090 (cell) • For more information about the research, publications, and animations of C.R. Scotese, see the links below: • Download complimentary copies (pdfs) of Scotese publications, visit: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... • or https://uta.academia.edu/ChristopherS... • View Scotese animations at: / cscotese • View interview of Professor Scotese: • Paleogeographer's Song by C.R. Scotese • for more information about the PALEOMAP Project • / 932 • or www.scotese.com • APPS: • Free app - EarthViewer (Apple/Android) showing plate tectonic and paleogeographic evolution through time: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/ea... • Also check out these apps for the iPhone iPad: • Cover Art • Ancient Earth: Breakup of Pangea • Thomas L. Moore • Category: Education • Updated: Mar 19, 2012 • • ALSO Ancient Earth Assembly of Pangea (200 Ma - 540 Ma) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ancie...

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