The Late Mesozoic breakup of Gondwana triggered major biotic exchanges between Laurasia and Gondwanan landmasses that continue to influence modern distributions of many taxa. Concerning tectonic ...

India’s currency printing works under strict surveillance and multi-layer security. Movie-style theft of currency plates ...

In a seismic revelation that could reshape our understanding of the planet's crust, scientists have found that the Indian Plate is splitting apart. A part of the plate’s lower layer is peeling off and ...

For decades scientists have been trying to understand the geologic forces driving the creation of the Himalayas, the worlds tallest mountain chain. A new study from an international team of scientist ...

(a) Subduction of the reconstructed northern part of the Indian plate during the late Eocene. (b) A piece of subducted Indian lithosphere was detached and then sank into the MTZ seen as fast-velocity ...

Forty-five bidders, a flurry of last-minute bids, and a final price that stunned even seasoned participants — the auction of a number plate in Haryana ...

A massive collision between the Indian tectonic plate and the Eurasian tectonic plate is causing the Himalayas to grow, but new research suggests it might also be ripping Tibet apart. According to new ...

Geological investigations in the Himalayas have revealed evidence that when India and Asia collided some 90 million years ago, the continental crust of the Indian tectonic plate was forced down under ...

Figure 1: Present day remnants of two subduction zones, and plate tectonic reconstructions for 90–40 Myr. Figure 3: Observed and model rates of India–Eurasia convergence. Rates of convergence across ...