Which boundary formed the Himalayan mountains?

Answer 1

There is widespread agreement among geologists that the Himalayas began forming roughly 50-70 million years ago when the northward-moving Indo-Australian tectonic plate began colliding with the relatively stationary Eurasian Plate. The boundary of the collision is called the Tibetan Plateau, which was shattered and pushed upward to form the great Himalyan peaks such as Mt Everest.

First to collide were the leading edges of the continental shelves, where massive amounts of seafloor ocean sediments and sedimentary rock were being tilted and thrust upward. Evidence of this exists on the top of Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak above sea level, where there are ancient marine fossils in abundance.

The Indo-Australian Plate continues to be driven northward, sliding under the Tibetan Plateau at the rate of about 6.7 cm (2.6 inches) per year and causes the Plateau to continue to be pushed upward. The Indo-Australian Plate has slowed to less than half of its original velocity, but it appears likely that it will continue moving northward for roughly another 10 million years, creating a Himalayan-like landscape as far north as 1500 km (930 miles) from the present range of mountains.

Answer 2

The Himalayas mountains are about 70 million years old, when the Indo-Australian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate, forming the fold mountain during the Upper Cretaceous Period around 70 million years ago.

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Answer 3

the formation of the Himalayas begam about 80 million years ago. a tectonic plate carrying this indian subcontinent collided with the Eurasion plate. The indian plate was driven beneath the eurasion plate. this collision caused the uplift of the Eurasion plate and the formation of the Himalayas. This process is still continuing today.

Answer 4

The Himalayas were created by two landmasses crashing into one another

Answer 5

The Himalayan mountains formed when the sub continent of India broke away from Gondwanaland. This happen approximately 55 million years ago.

Answer 6

the convergent in continent-continent.