Tibetan Plateau 30N 90E

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

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Scale: 1 pixel = 5 km. 5-degree grid;                       Lambert Conformal Conic Projection, Center 30N 90E

Land Geology and Ocean Floor Ages Land Geology, Ocean Floor Ages, Seamounts and Volcanoes Land Geology, Ocean Floor Ages, and Bathymetry Topography and Bathymetry Topography, Bathymetry, Plate Boundaries and Faults Topography, Bathymetry, Seamounts and Volcanoes Topography, Bathymetry, Seamounts, Volcanoes, Plate Boundaries, Faults Bouguer Gravity Anomalies Free-Air Gravity Anomalies Isostatic Gravity Anomalies Depth to Moho

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Land Geology and Ocean Floor Ages

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Land Geology

Ocean Floor Ages

Tectonic Structures

Topography

Notes and References

Discussion

The myriad thrust faults show that Tibet is not a single plate but a mosaic of accreted terranes.

India appears nestled into a notch, almost lika a spacecraft docking. In reality, India created the notch by pushing blocks of Asia out of the way. To the west, Eurasia is spreading apart from North America, but to the east, Eurasia is overriding the Pacific. Thus, India cannot push crust out of the way to the west but can push crust eastward.

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