How Tectonic Plates Create the Himalayan Mountains
In short: The Himalayan mountain range is a primary example of continental landscape evolution driven by the collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates.
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Sources used in this film: Nature, “Three-dimensional kinematics of the India–Eurasia collision - Communications Earth & Environment”; Nature Geoscience, “Eastern Himalayan syntaxis formation controlled by slab flattening and crustal shear localization - Nature Geoscience”; Academia.edu, “W. Frisch, M. Meschede, R.C. Blakey: Plate tectonics—continental drift and mountain building”; National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “India plate angular velocity and contemporary deformation rates from continuous GPS measurements from 1996 to 2015”; Nature, “India plate angular velocity and contemporary deformation rates from continuous GPS measurements from 1996 to 2015 - Scientific Reports”; Smithsonian Magazine, “Travel Through Deep Time With This Interactive Earth”; Academia.edu, “Geology of the Himalayas Research Papers - Academia.edu”.
Sources used in this film
- Nature — Three-dimensional kinematics of the India–Eurasia collision - Communications Earth & Environment · View →
- Nature Geoscience — Eastern Himalayan syntaxis formation controlled by slab flattening and crustal shear localization - Nature Geoscience · View →
- Academia.edu — W. Frisch, M. Meschede, R.C. Blakey: Plate tectonics—continental drift and mountain building · View →
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) — India plate angular velocity and contemporary deformation rates from continuous GPS measurements from 1996 to 2015 · View →
- Nature — India plate angular velocity and contemporary deformation rates from continuous GPS measurements from 1996 to 2015 - Scientific Reports · View →
- Smithsonian Magazine — Travel Through Deep Time With This Interactive Earth · View →
- Academia.edu — Geology of the Himalayas Research Papers - Academia.edu · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Nature: Three-dimensional kinematics of the India–Eurasia collision - Communications Earth & Environment
- Also: Nature Geoscience: Eastern Himalayan syntaxis formation controlled by slab flattening and crustal shear localization - Nature Geoscience
- Also: Academia.edu: W. Frisch, M. Meschede, R.C. Blakey: Plate tectonics—continental drift and mountain building
- Also: National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI): India plate angular velocity and contemporary deformation rates from continuous GPS measurements from 1996 to 2015
- Also: Nature: India plate angular velocity and contemporary deformation rates from continuous GPS measurements from 1996 to 2015 - Scientific Reports
- Also: Smithsonian Magazine: Travel Through Deep Time With This Interactive Earth
- Also: Academia.edu: Geology of the Himalayas Research Papers - Academia.edu
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