Imaging the Indian subcontinent beneath the Himalaya

Vera Schulte-Pelkum (), Gaspar Monsalve, Anne Sheehan, M. R. Pandey, Som Sapkota, Roger Bilham and Francis Wu
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Vera Schulte-Pelkum: University of Colorado
Gaspar Monsalve: University of Colorado
Anne Sheehan: University of Colorado
M. R. Pandey: Department of Mines and Geology
Som Sapkota: Department of Mines and Geology
Roger Bilham: University of Colorado
Francis Wu: SUNY

Nature, 2005, vol. 435, issue 7046, 1222-1225

Abstract: Top down New seismic images reveal the geometry of the Indian plate as it passes beneath the Himalayan plateau. Several important subsurface features of vanished India are revealed, including a shear zone above the base of the Indian crust beneath the Himalaya, and conversion of the deep Indian crust into denser rock.

Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1038/nature03678

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