Against which tectonic plate is the Australia-India tectonic plate pushing to form the Himalayan mountains? (See Figure 6-9a,Comins,Discovering the Essential Universe,6th ed.)
A) the Eurasian Plate
B) the North American Plate
C) the African Plate
D) the Antarctic Plate
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