Crustal-scale duplexing beneath the Yarlung Zangbo suture in the western Himalaya

• Published in: Nature geoscience Vol. 9; no. 7; pp. 555 - 560
• Main Authors: Gao, Rui, Lu, Zhanwu, Klemperer, Simon L., Wang, Haiyan, Dong, Shuwen, Li, Wenhui, Li, Hongqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.07.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/2151/213; 704/2151/508; 704/2151/562; Channel flow; Earth science; Earth Sciences; Earth System Sciences; Fault lines; Geochemistry; Geology; Geophysics/Geodesy; Sediments; Tibet; Beijing China; China; Pakistan, Himalayas; China, People's Rep., Xizang

The fate of the Indian plate during continental collision with Asian terranes, and the proportion of the Indian crust that is underthrust or subducted beneath Tibet as opposed to transferred to the upper (Himalayan) plate, are much debated. The active geometry of low-angle underthrusting or subducti...