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Earthquakes along the Himalayas and the foothills are best explained in terms of........

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    Earthquakes along the Himalayas and the foothills are best explained in terms of

    plate tectonics

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    young arc to the Himalayas

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    fragile and largely unconsolidated rocks

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    divergence of plates

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    Explanation:

    Earthquakes along the Himalayas and the foothills are best explained in terms of plate tectonics.

     
    Plate tectonics is a theory explaining the structure of the earth's crust and many associated phenomena as resulting from the interaction of rigid lithospheric plates which move slowly over the underlying mantle.

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