Monday, December 14, 2009

Evolutin of Himalayan

Evolution of Himalayan:-
Himalayan is the result of the continental collision. These tallest mountains are the youngest, longest, and most elevated landmass of this world.
About 200 to 300 million years ago a split happened on the southern continent which result bathe Indian continent towards northeast direction. Indian subcontinent has travelled 4,400 km at the rate of 8 – 10 inch per year. About 100 million years ago the Southern subcontinent touch the northern subcontinent of Tibetan Plateau and movement caused the ocean to completely disappear and Himalayans appeared. So the Himalayan is made of sedimentary rocks and oceanic origins. Only since 15 million years. Himalayans are higher than Tibetan Plateau.
The earth has three layers: Core, Crust and Mantle. The three layers must be in equilibrium in gravitational term. Since 40 million years earth is trying to maintain this equilibrium in this region and Tibetan Plateau and Himalayan have continued to rise up till now. The rate of edging of Indian subcontinent into Tibetan plateau is 5 cm per year.The rate of increment in the Himalayan is even faster than that is an annual rate of 8 to 9 mm. so seismographic ally this is most active on the earth.

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