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Tethyan subducted slabs under India
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In this article, the authors used tomographic imaging of the mantle under Tibet, India and the adjacent Indian Ocean to reveal several zones of relatively high P-wave velocities at various depths.About:
This article is published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.The article was published on 1999-08-15. It has received 519 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Subduction & Mantle (geology).read more
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Cenozoic geological and plate tectonic evolution of SE Asia and the SW Pacific: computer-based reconstructions, model and animations
TL;DR: In this article, a model for the Cenozoic development of the region of SE Asia and the SW Pacific is presented and its implications are discussed, accompanied by computer animations in a variety of formats.
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Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma
Maria Seton,Ralph Müller,Sabin Zahirovic,Carmen Gaina,Trond H. Torsvik,Grace E. Shephard,A.S. Talsma,Michael Gurnis,M. Turner,Stefan Maus,Michael T. Chandler +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a new type of global plate motion model consisting of a set of continuously-closing topological plate polygons with associated plate boundaries and plate velocities since the break-up of the supercontinent Pangea is presented.
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Subduction and Slab Detachment in the Mediterranean-Carpathian Region
M. J. R. Wortel,Wim Spakman +1 more
TL;DR: Seismic tomography models of the three-dimensional upper mantle velocity structure of the Mediterranean-Carpathian region provide a better understanding of the lithospheric processes governing its geodynamical evolution.
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Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Himalayan orogen as constrained by along-strike variation of structural geometry, exhumation history, and foreland sedimentation
TL;DR: In this article, the authors systematically review the essential observations relevant to the along-strike variation of the Himalayan geologic framework and its role in Cenozoic Himalayan exhumation, metamorphism and foreland sedimentation.
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Tibetan tectonic evolution inferred from spatial and temporal variations in post-collisional magmatism
Sun-Lin Chung,Mei Fei Chu,Yuquan Zhang,Yingwen Xie,Ching-Hua Lo,Tung Yi Lee,Ching Ying Lan,Xian-Hua Li,Qi Zhang,Yizhao Wang +9 more
TL;DR: In this article, a geodynamic evolution model was proposed to depict when and how the Indian continental lithospheric mantle started thrusting under Asia by involving rollback and breakoff of the subducted Neo-Tethyan slab followed by removal of the thickened Lhasa root.
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Constraints on seismic velocities in the Earth from traveltimes
TL;DR: In this article, a new empirical traveltime curves for the major seismic phases have been derived from the catalogues of the International Seismological Centre by relocating events by using P readings, depth phases and the iasp91 traveltimes, and then re-associating phase picks.
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Global teleseismic earthquake relocation with improved travel times and procedures for depth determination
TL;DR: In this article, a global probability model was developed for later-arriving phases to independently identify the depth phases, and the relocations were compared to hypocenters reported in the ISC and NEIC catalogs and by other sources.
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Evidence for deep mantle circulation from global tomography
TL;DR: In this paper, P-wave travel times and improved earthquake locations were used for mantle-wide convective flow, and the use of body waves made it possible to resolve long, narrow structures in the lower mantle some of which can be followed to sites of present day plate convergence at the Earth's surface.
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India–Eurasia collision chronology has implications for crustal shortening and driving mechanism of plates
Philippe Patriat,José Achache +1 more
TL;DR: The motion of the Indian plate is determined in an absolute frame of reference and compared with the position of the southern margin of Eurasia deduced from palaeomagnetic data in Tibet as discussed by the authors.
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