India-Asia collision and the Cenozoic slowdown of the Indian plate: Implications for the forces driv...
India-Asia collision and the Cenozoic slowdown of the Indian plate: Implications for the forces driving plate motions
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Washington, DC: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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The plate motion of India changed dramatically between 50 and 35 Ma, with the rate of convergence between India and Asia dropping from ∼15 to ∼4 cm/yr. This change is coincident with the onset of the India‐Asia collision, and with a rearrangement of plate boundaries in the Indian Ocean. On the basis of a simple model for the forces exerted upon the...
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India-Asia collision and the Cenozoic slowdown of the Indian plate: Implications for the forces driving plate motions
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TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_insu_00563237v1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_insu_00563237v1
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0148-0227,2169-9313
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2156-2202,2169-9356
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10.1029/2009JB006634
