Why Himalayas are called young and fold mountains?
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Well geologically speaking They are Young!
In geology, everything is compared to the Birth of Earth, that is 4..5 Billion Years.
Himalayas are found to be formed ‘very recently’ when the Indian Plate collided with the Tibetan Plate (See Plate Tectonics) during the period called Paleocene-Eocene (50 million years ago). This collision of two continental plates formed Orogens or mountains. Folding is a process due to extreme pressure from two sides. Hence Young Fold Mountains!!
In geology, everything is compared to the Birth of Earth, that is 4..5 Billion Years.
Himalayas are found to be formed ‘very recently’ when the Indian Plate collided with the Tibetan Plate (See Plate Tectonics) during the period called Paleocene-Eocene (50 million years ago). This collision of two continental plates formed Orogens or mountains. Folding is a process due to extreme pressure from two sides. Hence Young Fold Mountains!!
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Himalayas as young fold mountains
These mountains were formed because of the folding of the earth's crust due to tectonic activity (fold mountains are formed when two tectonic plates collide with one another). Formed by the collision of the Eurasian plates and the Indo-Australian plates due to Continental Drift.
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