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SUBMITTER: Li J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6099851 | biostudies-other | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20180730 33
What happened to the Indian mantle lithosphere (IML) during the Indian-Eurasian collision and what role it has played on the plateau growth are fundamental questions that remain unanswered. Here, we show clear images of the IML from high-resolution P and S tomography, which suggest that the subducted IML is torn into at least four pieces with different angles and northern limits, shallower and extending further in the west and east sides while steeper in the middle. Intermediate-depth earthquake ...[more]