Hot spring (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Hot spring

Caption

Pictured is a continuously spouting cauldron of near-boiling water, one of a dozen spanning a 10-acre geothermal field at Mangra in southern Tibet. Helium-isotope geochemistry shows it sits above the northern edge of the Indian plate 50 miles below, where India is underthrusting Asian crust to build the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau.

Credit

Ping Zhao (赵平)

Usage Restrictions

With credit

License

Original content

Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.