Continental underplating model for the rise of the Tibetan Plateau

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Dec 1986

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters (ISSN 0012-821X), vol. 81, no. 1, Dec. 1986, p. 79-94.

Biology

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Continents, Lithosphere, Plateaus, Subduction (Geology), Tectonics, Tibet, Earth Crust, Geomorphology, India, Paleobiology

Scientific paper

The question of the possibility of continental lithosphere subduction into the mantle, raised by Molnar and Gray (1979), is reexamined using new data on the Plio-Pleistocene timing of the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau. First, the constraints on the maximum amount of continental lithosphere that can be subducted are considered. It is shown that, for the late Cenozoic Indo-Australian plate boundary, continental fragments up to 3000 km wide parallel to the convergence zone could have been subducted for down-dip lengths of more than 500 km. Next, the events taking place in the continental crust after subduction are considered. This background is used to prepare a new continental underplating model on the rise of the Tibetan Plateau, more consistent with the known geological constraints than any of the previous models.

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