Discovery Channel :: News, Photo Zoom :: Tibetan Plateau Born Before Himalayas

November 23, 2009

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	« back to article Courtesy Peter G. DeCelles Old as Dirt... This picture shows the glaciated peaks of the Himalayas in the remote central part of the Tibetan Plateau. A rare look at the rocks in the middle of the plateau has revealed that it was already a high desert perhaps 80 million years ago — long before the Indian Plate crashed into Eurasia to build the planet's highest mountain range.

Pictures: Courtesy Peter G. DeCelles

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