D. Hardin CONTINENTAL SHIELD Deccan Plateau CONTINENTAL SHIELD Deccan Plateau D. Hardin.

D. Hardin

D. Hardin

CONTINENTAL SHIELDDeccan Plateau

CONTINENTAL SHIELDDeccan Plateau

D. Hardin

Deccan Traps

CONTINENTAL SHIELDDeccan Plateau

D. Hardin

India’s 200 Million YearRendezvous With Asia

D. Hardin

Continent vs. ContinentCONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

D. Hardin

Continent vs. ContinentCONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

EarthquakeSaturday, October 8, 2005

03:50:40 UTC

D. Hardin

Continent vs. ContinentCONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

EarthquakeSaturday, October 8, 2005

03:50:40 UTC

D. Hardin

D. Hardin

Continent vs. ContinentHimalayas

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Continent vs. ContinentHimalayas

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

D. Hardin

Chance of dyingclimbing Everest:

1 in 8

Continent vs. ContinentHimalayas

CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Everest

D. Hardin

D. Hardin

Continent vs. ContinentCONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Karakoram

Continent vs. ContinentCONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Karakoram

K2

Chance of dyingclimbing K2:

1 in 4

D. Hardin

D. Hardin

Continent vs. ContinentCONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Hindu Kush

Continent vs. ContinentCONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Hindu Kush

Khyber Pass

D. Hardin

D. Hardin

Continent vs. ContinentCONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Baluchistan

Continent vs. ContinentCONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

Baluchistan

D. Hardin

D. Hardin

IndusRIVER VALLIES

IndusRIVER VALLIES

D. Hardin

D. Hardin

IndusRIVER VALLIES

PunjabPunjab

IndusRIVER VALLIES

Jehlum

Chenab

Ravi

Sutlej

PunjabPunjab

Jehlum

Chenab

Ravi

Sutlej

Indus

D. Hardin

D. Hardin

GangesRIVER VALLIES

GangesRIVER VALLIES

D. Hardin

D. Hardin

BrahmaputraRIVER VALLIES

BrahmaputraRIVER VALLIES

D. Hardin

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARYSumatran Earthquake & Tsunami

Sunday, December 26, 200400:58:49 UTC

Magnitude9.0

D. Hardin

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARYBoxing Day Tsunami

Sunday, December 26, 2004

D. Hardin

TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARYTsunami damage

Banda Ache

Before

After

D. Hardin