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dc.contributor.authorIyer, S.D.
dc.contributor.authorMukhopadhyay, R.
dc.date.accessioned2006-08-26T10:50:03Z
dc.date.available2006-08-26T10:50:03Z
dc.date.issued2000
dc.identifier.citationCurrent Science, vol. 79(11), 1518-1519pp.
dc.identifier.urihttp://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/260
dc.description.abstractThe Himalayas are a complex, uplifted and deformed mountain range, brought about by tectonic activities, culminating in a series of plate collisions, most of which are still currently active. The Indo-Eurasian Plates’ collision event of the Tertiary times finds expression in intense deformation and associated metamorphism and magmatism in the Himalayan regions, and to mid-plate deformation of the Indian plate. Additionally, ceaseless creation of new crust at the Indian Ocean Ridge System results in generation of compressive stress on the Indian plate. All these make the Indian subcontinent a geodynamically unstable land mass, experiencing frequent earthquakes, especially along the foothills of the Himalayas, the Indo-Gangetic plains and the reactivated ancient faults of the Indian Shield. To synthesize our understanding in this direction, and to address related problems, a national seminar on the ‘Structure and tectonics of the Indian plate’ was held recently in Chandigarh.
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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIndian Academy of Sciences
dc.titleThe Himalayas revisited
dc.typeJournal Article


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