I recently decided to visit the Himalayas for a quick trip to get my mind off school. It was a beautiful and historic sight to see. It’s crazy to think that such a large mountain is the youngest mountain range on the planet. The first thing I noticed apart from its height was the jagged but steep peaks.
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| A beautiful phot captured by another tourist that was on the same trip as I was (Photo Credit: Thelandofsnow.com) They are compressive and you can find deposits of sedimentary, metamorphic, and even igneous rocks around the Himalayas. Folding definitely dominates the structural style of the mountains. There may be a few faults here and there that are normal but in total and in general, folding is what can be seen the most when looking at the Himalayas. Plus knowing that the Himalayas formed due to a collision between the Indian Plate and the Eurasian Plate helps. Fun fact the collision is still going on even though it started over 50 million years ago. Even though the Himalayas are still rising to this day they are still eroding. I have visited many places and historical sights around the world but visiting the Himalayas was definitely one for the books. |
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