The Indian Plate subducting below the Tibet Plateau is tearing apart

Abstract The first-order configuration of the Himalayan orogen is defined by northward motion of the Indian plate, whether directly underplating Tibetan crust or subducting beneath a mantle wedge. Here we used 3D S-wave receiver-functions from 462 seismic stations across southern Tibet and show orog...

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Main Authors: Lin Liu, Danian Shi, Simon L. Klemperer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-08-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02601-w
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