Seismic CT scan points to rapid uplift of Southern Tibet

(Rice University) Rice University geophysicists have conducted a three-year seismic CT scan of the upper mantle beneath the Tibetan Plateau and concluded that the southern half of the 'Roof of the World' formed within 10 million years, or less than one-quarter of the time since the beginning of the India-Eurasia continental collision.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 7, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news