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Media from: India joined with Asia 10 million years later than previously thought

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Karakoram Range
A view towards the north of the Karakoram Range, with the village of Khardung in the foreground. Karakoram represents the former Eurasian margin prior to the collision of India and Asia.
Photo: Pierre Bouilhol
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A view of granites in the Indus River, near the boundary between India and the Kohistan Ladakh Arc. The white/yellow granite veins are among the youngest rocks dated in the study. These rocks have mineral grains within that formed from the colliding Indian plate.
Photo: Pierre Bouilhol
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Granite intrusions (white) in the former ocean floor rocks (black) of Nidar Ophiolite, the eastern part of Ladakh.
Photo: Pierre Bouilhol
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Rocks in the Nidar Ophiolite formed on the floor of an ocean between the Kohistan Ladakh island arc and India about 120 to 50 million years ago.
Photo: Pierre Bouilhol
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Shown here, rocks types on the surface were once molten magma, and crystalized at great depth in the Earth's crust.
Photo: Pierre Bouilhol
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A typical Ladakhi house near Taruk, where a young granite (white) intruded rocks that were originally deposited in the Shyok Sea (black), an ocean that formed between Eurasia and the Kohistan Ladakh Island Arc.
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