Underplating in the Himalaya-Tibet Collision Zone Revealed by the Hi-CLIMB Experiment

Nábělek, John; Hetényi, György; Vergne, Jérôme; Sapkota, Soma; Kafle, Basant; Jiang, Mei; Su, Heping; Chen, John; Huang, Bor-Shouh; Hi-CLIMB Team, the

doi:10.1126/science.1167719

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Underplating in the Himalaya-Tibet Collision Zone Revealed by the Hi-CLIMB Experiment

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Authors:

John Nábělek

György Hetényi

Jérôme Vergne

Abstract

Himalayan-Tibetan Underplate The Himalayas formed from the collision of India with Eurasia beginning about 50 million years ago, but the fate and position of the subducted Indian crust was not well defined until the Hi-CLIMB seismic experiment was initiated. The centerpiece of the project is an 800-...

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