Ancient lost ocean may have built Central Asia’s dinosaur-era mountains

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A new study from Adelaide University suggests that the ancient Tethys Ocean played a major role in shaping Central Asia's landscape during the Cretaceous period, long before the rise of the Himalayas.

The research team reached this conclusion through a large-scale data analysis that combined hundreds of thermal history models collected from more than 30 years of geological studies across Central Asia.

Scientists have often linked the region's landscape ...

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