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POPSfossilised jawbone of the oldest whale yet discovered The ocean it once inhabited was destroyed when the Indian continent collided with Asia, creating the Himalayan mountains. This, they believe, shows that the first whales swam in rivers, estuaries and oceans in search of fish, as well as spending time on land. Modern whales have become entirely adapted to ocean life, but have retained the need to breathe. Monday, December 21, 1998 Published at 23:51 GMT Sci/Tech Oldest whale fossil confirms amphibious origins Whales once lived on land, only dipping into the ocean for food The fossilised jawbone of the oldest whale yet discovered has confirmed the theory that the giant sea mammals' ancestors were amphibians. They rested and reproduced on land but dived into rivers and the ocean to fish for food. The jawbone, complete with teeth, is 53.5m years old - 3.5m years older than previous record holder - and was found in the Simla Hills of northern India.
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POPSDigital Himalaya Project The Digital Himalaya Project is digitising archival collections of ethnographic information from the Himalayan region. Five major anthropological collections were selected for digitisation in the first phase of the projec
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POPSTethyan Himalaya : Eduardo Garzanti A complex interplay of tectonic, eustatic and oceanographic processes concurred in the development of ‘drowning unconformities’ at the top of the Giumal clastic shelf. Rapid deepening and waning of both volcanic and quartzo-feldspathic terrigenous detritus are mainly ascribed to the global mid-Cretaceous sea-level rise and to rapid thermo-tectonic subsidence at the end of the short-lived Albian magmatic event, possibly related to a mantle plume rising beneath northern India. Intensification of the east-bound oceanic current off the north margin of India after the final break-up of Gondwanaland was responsible for continuous resuspension and minimal accumulation rates around the shelf-break. The associated coastal upwelling favoured impingement of the oxygen-minimum zone on the outer shelf, with glauco-phosphorite deposition coinciding in time with peak global transgressions and ‘anoxic events’ in the world oceans.
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POPSWadia Institute Himalayan Geology The Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology carries out basic research in Himalayan Geology and related fields which includes geodynamic evolution, mountain building processes, geoenvironment and mineral resources. The research activities of the Institute are conducted through time - bound project mode and the areas of its multi- disciplinary research are organised into the following four areas namely: * Tectonophysics. * Petrology & Geochemistry. * Lithogenesis- Biostratigraphy. * Earth Resources and Environment.
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POPSHimalaya climate change expedition Later we found out some American tourists had held a "Free Tibet" banner. A serious offence in China. We didn't need this, for our work will involve banners too. Later the clouds lifted and Everest stood proud against the deep blue sky in the late afternoon light. I felt humbled and elated at the same time. Here I am looking at the highest point in the world.
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