I need the answer to this ASAP! Please help if u can...
I thought it might be because of the plates underneath of them converging or whatever the words is. But then I looked in my notes and all they have under The Himalayas is erosion-the process whereby materials on the surface of the Eart are broken down and transported. But why would that be the reason? Or is it?
Please help!!
2007-10-19 00:58:34 · 6 answers · asked by fntgymnast1 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
*sorry, i miss spelled Earth (I was typing too fast or something), sorry*
2007-10-19 00:59:26 · update #1
Your premise that the Himalaya Mountains are getting taller is incorrect. Most of the strain placed upon the Himalaya is released due to transverse faulting, not thrust faulting. The belief, according to my Structural Geology professor, is that there is a certain limit of a mountain's height attainable before isostacy prevents any more upward movement.
2007-10-19 07:13:21 · answer #1 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is believed that a lava plume rose under Gondwanaland the super continent which burned and melted it's way upwards. In doing so it caused the continent to break up and move apart. Whilst all the other plates are 200 kilometers deep the Indian plate is only 100 kilometers deep which allows it to move much faster.
In fact it is moving at the incredible speed of 20 cm a year! An incredible speed in geological terms. This huge force created the Himalayas pushing them up and forming the highest mountain range and it continues to do so!!!!
2007-10-20 08:46:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once upon a time during the formation of earth, the Eath it is divided into Panthzalla and Pangea.As the year passes the plate tectonics started to move in different directions. In this method the Asia and the India joined together .The plate tectonics of India moves upwards and so the Himalayas are getting taller and taller.
2007-10-19 01:10:11 · answer #3 · answered by Akshitha 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Himalayas is a fold mountain formed by thrusting up sedimentary rocks by northward movement of Indian sub continent (as a result plate tectonic movement)in the geological past.the thrust has subsided but is not yet over,and hence Himalayan uplift continues
2007-10-19 04:47:14 · answer #4 · answered by Noel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your initial thought is essentially correct. The indian plate is moving north relative to the asian plate; the collision is causing the crust to buckle. The uplift rate exceeds the erosion rate so the elevation rises.
2007-10-19 01:33:53 · answer #5 · answered by busterwasmycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Welcome to the world of both. The Himalayas are getting pushed up by plate tectonics and eroding. The up is right now faster than the down.
2007-10-19 01:55:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋