200 million years ago, there was only one supercontinent on Earth - Pangea. Then it split into separate parts - the prototypes of modern continents. At the same time, Hindustan, approaching Eurasia about 50 million years ago, continued to move and began to crush the continent's outskirts. As a result of the collision, the Himalayas appeared - the highest mountains of the planet.
A similar process may occur in the near geological future. It will lead to the emergence of a new mountain range in the central part of India, according to scientists from Novosibirsk State University, together with researchers from India, Switzerland and Saudi Arabia. Their research has been published in the scientific journal Scientific Reports.
Subduction is a geological process, as a result of which some blocks of the earth's crust are submerged under others. Subduction is evidenced by increased volcanic and seismic activity in the region. Such, for example, as the 2001 Gujarati earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7, which killed 20 thousand people. Although it was observed within the continental Indian plate, far from any lithospheric boundary, there is other evidence of subduction in the region. These are earthquakes in Ongol, Mount Abu, Latour Killari and other cities of central India.