The research team identified that at least 30% of continental crust was lost to the mantle during the formation of the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau and Zagros Mountains (potentially up to 64% for the ...

Since the sediments were lightweight, instead of sinking along with the plate, they crumpled into mountain ranges—the Himalayas. By 10 million years ago the two continents were in direct ...

The India-Asia continental collision and the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau have long been attributed to continuous Cenozoic convergence with two generic assumptions: the ongoing India-Asia collision ...

Speaking at the event, Dr. Singh heralded the Centre as a major leap forward in India’s pursuit of understanding the ...

Thunderstorms can generate different types of transient luminous events like gigantic jets and blue jets via the transfer of charges involved in lightning formation from inside clouds to the ground.

ASIA 4600 Encounters: Tibet, the Himalayas, and the West Provides a history of European ... and fiction. Key topics include the formation of Tibetan Buddhist canons, the Gesar Epic (longest living ...

The most popular theory for the cooling was the formation of major mountain ranges — like the Himalayas. But, it’s possible that the Himalayas weren’t responsible at all according to a new ...