VLVL2 (9): "Those Himalayas!"

[Tim Strzechowski]

146.18:  "On the train they got back to the Himalayan caper [...]"

 
"Among the most dramatic and visible creations of plate-tectonic forces are the lofty Himalayas, which stretch 2,900 km along the border between India and Tibet. [...] 

http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/himalaya.html

http://www.travel-himalayas.com/history-himalayas/

http://library.thinkquest.org/10131/javascriptmenu_final.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=1114

http://www.nepalhomepage.com/dir/himalaya/


And as of last month:

"The Himalayas may be more than 450 million years old - nine times older than previously estimated - according to a controversial new dating study. [...]"

http://www.nature.com/nsu/030929/030929-6.html


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