The collision between the Indian and Eurasian plates has
pushed up the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau. |
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What is the result of this geospheric phenomenon on the other
spheres?
There would be a desert on the backside of the mountain.
Environments would change and the biodiversity would thus change
as well.
Earthquakes increase and volcanic eruptions stop as subduction
stops.
Increased erosion with mountain uplift and thus increased sediments
being deposited on the ocean floor.
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Cartoon cross sections showing the meeting of these two
plates before and after their collision. The reference points
(small squares) show the amount of uplift of an imaginary point
in the Earth's crust during this mountain-building process. |
All images courtesy of the USGS.
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