Tibet: the geological history

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English - September 03, 2008 20:11 - 4 minutes - 53.4 MB Video
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A look at the geological history of Tibet and the Raymo Ruddiman hypothesis; that chemical weathering increased as the temperature dropped due to the rise in the plateau. Raymo and Ruddiman believed that the uplift of the Himalayas caused global cooling.