Sachinism Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 Fun fact for you: scientists don't really know how the Himalayas formed. I mean yeah, they realize that the India tectonic plate is slamming into the Eurasia plate and has been for about 50 million years, but the mystery is why the mountain range is still growing. Usually when two continents collide it's like a car wreck -- there may be a bunch of mangled crust in the middle (mountains), but both vehicles stop moving. Turns out, India appears to be sinking into the mantle. A new study based on computer models of the two plates shows that the formation and continued growth of the world's highest mountain range makes the most sense if a dense piece of India is down in the mantle, dragging the rest of the continent down with it. That may not sound so weird but continents are buoyant; they're supposed to float, not sink. All the subduction you hear about all over the world is dense ocean crust sinking underneath continents. Except in the Himalayas. It's as though two cars collided, and one started to sink into the pavement. This video gives you a rough outline of the old idea of how the Himalayas form. India's bending here, but it doesn't start heading it into the mantle on its own: Notice how India seems to float magically into Eurasia, and then just keeping going. But why? Why would a continent willingly flatten itself against another continent? Doesn't make sense. That's the big problem with the old idea. Now, it's by no means certain that the researchers in the new study -- led by Fabio Capitanio of Monash University in Australia -- have nailed this thing. It's one of the most persistent mysteries about plate tectonics on the planet. But if Capitanio and his team are wrong, it would mean we still don't understand how Earth's greatest mountain range got there, or why it's getting taller to this day. http://news.discovery.com/earth/india-is-sinking-into-earths-mantle.html
Aqua Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 Uhh... I thought everyone knew that when the tectonic plates slides under the crust and into the mantle, it just crumbles and melts.. common sense, na?
Guest Gunner Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 Uhh... I thought everyone knew that when the tectonic plates slides under the crust and into the mantle' date=' it just crumbles and melts.. common sense, na?[/quote'] PJ pwned. :haha::haha::haha::haha::haha:
Sachinism Posted February 1, 2010 Author Posted February 1, 2010 :(( I was just sharing the news. Hey if discovery news can publish, why can't I share? :dontknow:
flamy Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 Uhh... I thought everyone knew that when the tectonic plates slides under the crust and into the mantle' date=' it just crumbles and melts.. common sense, na?[/quote'] the puck :shok:
achilles Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 Oh c'mon. Why is everyone so hell bent on screwing up the Himalayas? :((
Rajiv Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 Vow, does that mean we will have more flatter and spin friendly pitches
cowboysfan Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 the Himalayas are still growing even though they are one of most eroded mountain ranges on the earth(thanks to the monsoons).
flamy Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 Vow' date=' does that mean we will have more flatter and spin friendly pitches[/quote'] lal
Aqua Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 :(( I was just sharing the news. Hey if discovery news can publish, why can't I share? :dontknow: lol.. I was talking about the silly scientist who made an article of this thing.. :giggle: Glad you shared it! We'd never know how brainless these scientists can get to brainwash ppl into believing stuff.. :teeth_smile: Oh c'mon. Why is everyone so hell bent on screwing up the Himalayas? :(( Himalayas is growing... Vow' date=' does that mean we will have more flatter and spin friendly pitches[/quote'] Hardly.. the whole of India is going to end up as a mountain range.. maybe in a few hundred years, though.. so you don't have to worry about tht yet.. :P When I am free' date=' I will lift India up.[/quote'] Yay to the hero! :yay: :hysterical:
achilles Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 ^ I meant, why don't we just leave the Himalaya's alone for a while? Its not like they like attention a la Rakhi Sawant :winky:
Guest Gunner Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Gayi Bhains Pani mein Morris? :woot::woot:
flamy Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Morris? :woot::woot: :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
Desi Cartman Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Morris? :woot::woot: its fecking 1am and I cant stop laughing :cantstop::cantstop::cantstop::cantstop::cantstop::cantstop:
achilles Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Morris? I don't get the joke. Can someone explain me? :P
flamy Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Morris? I don't get the joke. Can someone explain me? :P first post of neverending thread
Sachinism Posted February 2, 2010 Author Posted February 2, 2010 first post of neverending thread I think its been changed, but anyways :haha::haha::haha:
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