Jackson and England call for the study of inland faults to be given the same priority as boundary faults, starting with the 10 million square kilometers 3.86 million sq.

Scientists believe that 65 million years ago, the Indian Plate moving north collided with the Eurasian Plate, and the upheaval saw the emergence of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau as well as the Himalayas.

The Himalayas are the crumple-zone created by these two colliding landmasses, a bewildering maze of mountains and valleys, home to elusive wild creatures.