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- During the Cretaceous period, India separated from Gondwana and began to drift northward.
Question 1:
During the Cretaceous period, India separated from Gondwana and began to drift northward. Madagascar separated from India around the time the Deccan traps began to erupt, leaving India to collide with Asia. 55 million years ago, during the Cenozoic, India finally collided with southern Asia and mountain building began. What mountains are the result of this collision and are today higher than any other mountain range on Earth?
A. Himalaya mountains
B. Alps
C. Appalachian Mountains
D. Andes mountains
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