New Delhi, March 17 -- Scientists have decoded the evolution of the Ladakh Magmatic Arc (LMA) in the northwestern Himalaya, shedding new light on the geological processes that led to the formation of the Himalayan mountain range.
According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ladakh Magmatic Arc preserves a nearly 130-million-year record of plate tectonic activity, documenting the subduction, maturation and eventual collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates.
The study, conducted by researchers from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, an autonomous institute under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), traced the origin of the arc through detailed geochemical and isotopic analysis of rocks.
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