Srinagar, Feb 3:  Professor Talat Ahmad, Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University on Friday delivered a lecture on “Magnetism related to plate tectonics” before participants   of a refresher course being organized by the Academic Staff College  at KU.
 Professor Talat talked about “lava types, rising plumes, magna eruptions, volcanoes, lava drainage tubes, continental drift, mass extinction through climate change and so on.”
 He dispelled many myths about the processes going on inside earth. 
 Replying a question on the recent reports of a major earthquake in Kashmir, Professor Talat said that the Valley cannot be separated from the Himalayan belt and therefore the earthquake can occur anywhere in the Himalayas not specifically in Kashmir region.
 To a question from a participant Prof Talat announced that he will be establishing study centres in Ladakh region of J&K  to get the researchers from J&K interested in the study of  rocks  there.
 Dr Farooq Fayaz, Director ASC, while speaking on the occasion expressed his gratitude for the voluntary offer of the Vice-Chancellor as a resource person for the program.
 “While the talk was inspiring and pregnant with scientific content, Professor Talat, as a master craftsman, unveiled the beauty of our planet-Earth,” said   Dr Manzoor A Malik who coordinates the course.

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