Even today, fossils of sea creatures of Tethys Sea are found in the Himalayas rocks. Apart from this, fossils of many marine plants (Fossil) are also found here in the lap of mountains.
Mount everest (file photo)
The mighty, giant Himalayas mountain, also known as the ‘roof of the world’. The peak of this mountain disappears in the clouds in a few days of the year. Some of the highest mountain peaks in the world exist only on the Himalayas, including Mount Everest. This mountain, 8,848.86 meters high, is the highest mountain peak in the world.
At this altitude the air pressure decreases and the temperature is at its peak. Water is also found in such places in the form of ice. These high mountains are located at an altitude of several kilometers above sea level, so how is it possible that fossils of sea creatures can be found at many places in the Himalayas? However, it has become possible.
Mountaineers found ‘Lily’ fossils
The Spiti Valley attracts fossil scientists from all over the world. The villages of Komik, Mud, Hikkim (where the world’s highest post office is located), Langja and Lalong exist as a belt full of fossils in Spiti. While in Nepal, Ammonites are found along the banks of the Kali Gandaki River.
Climbers climbing the summit of Mount Everest have brought down the rocks in which fossils of sea lily were found. It is difficult to imagine that the surface of the world’s highest mountain ever existed below the sea, where fish and sea creatures lived. To understand this, we need to know how the Himalayas came to be?
How did the Himalayas become?
Millions of years ago a huge geological event called Continental Drift occurred. Earlier, as we know, the world was not settled. Instead of countries, there were supercontinents who we know today as continents. India was part of Gondwanaland, which included Australia, Africa, Antarctica, India and South America.
About 150 million years ago India broke away from Gondwanaland and started moving north, near Eurasia. Situated between two landforms, the Tethys Sea inhabited a rich marine life. It took almost 100 million years to collide the two landforms, but when both collided, due to the strong force, the middle surface rose up and the mountains rising from the bottom of the sea were formed.
Tethys fossils still exist today
Even today, fossils of marine organisms of Tethys Sea are found in the Himalayan rocks. Apart from this, fossils of many marine plants are also found in the lap of the Himalayas. The discovery of these fossils has revealed the secrets of the origin of the Himalayas. It also shows that the ‘roof of the world’ Himalaya was once present in the depths of the sea.
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