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February 07, 2013

New date seen for creation of Himalayas
Cambridge, Mass. (UPI) Feb 6, 2013
The tectonic plate collision between India and Asia that created the Himalayas may have occurred 10 million years later than previously thought, geologists say. India, moving northward at a rapid pace, crushed up against Eurasia and created a "crumple zone" we now know as the Himalayan mountains, but analysis of rocks from two regions in the mountains suggest there were actually two collisions, they said. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say the evidence suggests t ... read more

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