22/02/2022
Pangea.
250 million years ago, all the continents of the world came together to form one massive super continent. The presence of distributed fossils, coal placement and Wegener Theory, are significant proof of Pangea.
Fast forward to a 100 million years ago, a part of Gondwana (continent made by breaking of Pangea) started its journey on a collision course to Eurasia (also made by breaking of Pangea). In 80 million years, the part called India, collided with the Tibetan boundary of Eurasia. The collisions caused formation of the mighty Himalayas.
Fortunately, one if the collision sites are present in Pakistan. The district Kohistan, has been studied and believed to have rock formations, namely the Kohistan-Arc Batholith, that have been caused by the collision of land masses. With an active history of earthquakes and tectonic activity, the after effects of the collision still continue to grow the Himalayas up to 1 cm per year.
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