The enigmatic geodynamic processes involved in the India-Asia collision shape our understanding of uplift and deformation Tibetan Plateau subsequent changes land-sea distribution pattern, monsoon-arid environments biotic evolution Central-Eastern Asia. However, current models dealing with history exhibit significant discrepancies how, when where exactly India Asia occurred. Recently, we propose...

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In this paper computer program THERMOCALC, GIBBS and THERIAK-DOMINO are discussed and pseudosections are generated on some chemical data taken from the published literature from the Himalaya and Alps and also new chemical and EPMA data generated from the Garhwal Himalaya to demonstrate the capabilities of THERMOCALC and THERIAK-DOMINO. Usefulness and limitations of computed pseudosections (equi...

To explore the west-east variations in underthrusting Indian lithosphere, we investigate lithospheric structure using P and S receiver functions obtained from a linear array of 19 broadband stations spanning Tethyan Himalaya at 85.5–88.5°E. Our observations Main Himalayan Thrust (MHT) Moho serving as top bottom boundaries depths 42–54 km 60–72 km, respectively, suggest that thinning lower crust...

A new species of carpenter ant, collected in the Shivalik range of Himalaya is described and illustrated based on the worker and gyne castes under the name Camponotusparabarbatus sp. n. Presence of dense, short setae on gena and ventral surface of head resembles it most to Camponotusbarbatus Roger, 1863 distributed in Southeast Asia. A regional identification key of Camponotus species is provid...

The knowledge of the medicinal properties plants is rooted back in cultural transmission historic traditions, and beliefs inhabitants a given geographical area, ancient texts, literature such as Ebers Papyrus, De Materia Medica. ethnic communities Bhotiya residing Byans valley West Himalaya, India; Chin indigenous group Myanmar still customize their herbal formulations from different plant part...

State-led policies of pastoralist removal from protected areas, following the fortress model biodiversity conservation, have been a common practice across parts Asia and Africa. In Himalayan region South Asia, restrictive access communities areas compensated by state through “eco”-tourism. this paper, we critique current conservation adopted in Indian Himalaya, which focuses on conservation-pas...