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Stephanie Pappas

Massive tectonic collision causing Himalayas to grow may also be splitting Tibet apart

Photo from a 4 week tour through Tibet, its fascinating history and beautiful himalayan landscape.

Tibet may be tearing in two beneath the rising Himalayas, with pieces of the continental plate peeling off like the lid off a tin of fish, researchers have discovered.

According to new research presented at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union and posted as a pre-peer-reviewed pre-print online, this shows that the geology beneath the world's highest mountain range may be even more complex than previously believed.

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